Taken from true tales of family trauma, this collection of humorous cartoons lampoons the daily challenge of childhood. The illustrations and captions, told from a kid’s viewpoint, offer words of wisdom on surviving childhood and its many pitfalls. The advice is practical—if the idea of practical can extend to surviving a police siege of one’s home. Like Roald Dahl with a permanent snarl, or Edward Gorey with the really gory bits left in, the humor is frighteningly funny and darker than a moonless night in the suburbs.