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...
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Author:
Augusten Burroughs
Publisher:
Picador
Book Discussion Questions:
This book was not discussed. It was not
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