Running with Scissors
Augusten Burroughs · 2006
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About the book
"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 psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules; there was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock-therapy machine under the stairs..."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2006
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Editions
- 14
- Reader rating
- 3.5 / 5 (17)
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780312938857
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