Originally, a designer was brought on to take a photo for the book cover. The designer, thinking that he would use figurines, sent plenty of photos to the publishing company with figurines. One of the figurines was a large Santa and a small girl that looked like she was in shock over something. Augusten Burroughs wrote back to the designer, saying that it was not what he was looking for and to try again. When the designer asked why he did not like the figurines of the Santa and the little girl. He got a response saying that since the Santa figurine was turned around and the little girl looked surprised, it made people think that Santa was showing the girl his privates when they looked at it. The designer ended up not getting the contract for this book cover, but they used the indecent exposure idea for the front cover anyway.
With Augusten Burroughs humor in the books he writes, this cover is very befitting to his strange style. I really like Augusten Burroughs work, and the front covers for each are just so unique, I kind of want to display them on the front of my bookshelves.
https://reviewsbylola.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/book-review-you-better-not-cry/
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