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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 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 pe ... Continue

    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....

    Running with Scissors is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny. But above all, it chronicles an ordinary boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.

    

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  • This book is sad, disturbing, gross, shocking, and yet somehow ends up being funny too. I ran through so many emotions when reading this. While I don't think I will ever recommend this book to anyone (due to some of the subject matter) I don't think I will ever forget it.

    

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  • This book is astounding. If you think your life is bad or weird, you'll think so differently after reading this book. It really makes you think. It's almost hard to believe all of the situations that happen in this book. It's a must read.

    

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  • Hilarious and compelling. I reread this one often.

    

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• ― Artboi1980 said on Oct 16, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • a book you won't mind losing

    

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