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Running with Scissors

By Burroughs, Augusten
Running with Scissors
A #1 "New York Times" bestseller--the true story of a boy whose mother gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist--Burroughs's memoir is now a feature film from TriStar Pictures, scheduled for release in September and starring Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Joseph Fiennes.

Details

Authors: Burroughs, Augusten
Copyright: 2002
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780312422271
ISBN10: 031242227X
Page Count: 336
Dimensions: 5.62x0.85x8.28
Publisher: Picador USA

Strand Notes

An Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of 2002. The true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her (nut case?) psychiatrist, who just happened to bear a striking resemblance to Santa Claus? and whose "family" included a pedophile in-residence in the backyard shed. Dysfunctional doesn't really begin to describe this abhorrent upbringing. It's of great credit to the author's will to survive (a ton of valium was always on hand, like a surrogate TV) that this memoir even exists. "Harrowing" and "hilarious" kind of collide in mid-air - but, it's a read you might want to get out of your system sooner than later, through no fault of your own. 315p.

Description

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, now a Major Motion Picture!

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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