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Running with Scissors: A Memoir - Augusten Burroughs
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the... show more
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor’s bizarre family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The story of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year-round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull, an electroshock therapy machine could provide entertainment. The funny, harrowing, and bestselling account of an ordinary boy’s survival under the most extraordinary circumstances… Running with Scissors AcknowledgmentsGratitude doesn’t begin to describe it: Jennifer Enderlin, Christopher Schelling, John Murphy, Gregg Sullivan, Kim Cardascia, Michael Storrings, and everyone at St. Martin’s Press. Thank you: Lawrence David, Suzanne Finnamore, Robert Rodi, Bret Easton Ellis, Jon Pepoon, Lee Lodes, Jeff Soares, Kevin Weidenbacher, Lynda Pearson, Lona Walburn, Lori Greenburg, John DePretis, and Sheila Cobb. I would also like to express my appreciation to my mother and father for, no matter how inadvertently, giving me such a memorable childhood. Additionally, I would like to thank the real-life members of the family portrayed in this book for taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own. I recognize that their memories of the events described in this book are different than my own. They are each fine, decent, and hard-working people. The book was not intended to hurt the family. Both my publisher and I regret any unintentional harm resulting from the publishing and marketing of Running with Scissors. Most of all, I would like to thank my brother for demonstrating, by example, the importance of being wholly unique.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780312938857 (0312938853)
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 331
Edition language: English
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Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it
4.0 Running with Augusten Burroughs
Finished this on Tuesday, 9/13/16, but haven't had a chance to write up my review. As I mentioned in my review for John Elder Robison's recent book Switched On, finding out that Augusten Burroughs is Robison's younger brother is what spurred me into downloading Running With Scissors from my library...
Bücher, Bücher, 100000 Bücher
Bücher, Bücher, 100000 Bücher rated it
1.0 Running with Scissors
DNF @ 41%Yeaaah... nope. I don't know what sick sense of humor you people have but this is not humorous in the slightest. It's disturbing and sad and shocking.
Dor Does Books
Dor Does Books rated it
3.0 Running with Scissors: A Memoir
I liked it. It's well written and well observed, but I would have liked a little more retrospective-ity-ness about the situations. "Augusten" is mainly a passive observer in these events which I felt weakened the narrative - some further perspective would have been interesting.
Skinny Dipping Into Books
Skinny Dipping Into Books rated it
3.0
didnt hate it but it didnt delight me either. it just seemed like another whiny author trying to convince his readers that his childhood sucked. he neglected the fact that most peoples childhoods sucked.
Seriously, Read a Book!
Seriously, Read a Book! rated it
2.0 Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Was worth the two or so hours it took to read this on a plane- but not a favorite.
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