"Readers' Corner -- 'Running with Scissors' -- Augusten Burroughs"

Running with Scissors: A Memoir

by Augusten Burroughs

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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 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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Looking for something to assuage your cabin fever?  Take a peek at "Running with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs ... an entertaining, sometimes disturbing, book to read on an icy winter's day.

Editorial Reviews ... As found on www.barnesandnoble.com

From the Publisher

“I just finished reading the most amazing book. Running with Scissors is hilarious, freaky-deaky, berserk, controlled, transcendent, touching, affectionate, vengeful, all-embracing....It makes a good run at blowing every other [memoir] out of the water.” —Carolyn See, The Washington Post

“Funny and rich with child's eye details of adults who have gone off the rails.” —The New York Times Book Review

I'm hoping to read more of AB's work in the future. A roster of his works includes:

Bibliography  ... As found on en.wikipedia.org

• 2000 – Sellevision (ISBN 0-312-26772-X) (fiction)
• 2002 – Running with Scissors (ISBN 0-312-28370-9)
• 2003 – Dry (ISBN 0-312-42379-9)
• 2004 – Magical Thinking (ISBN 0-312-31594-5)
• 2006 – Possible Side Effects (ISBN 0-312-31596-1)
• 2008 – A Wolf at the Table (ISBN 0-312-42827-8)
• 2009 – You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas (ISBN 0-312-34191-1)