Ebook {Epub PDF} Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

 · Book Summary: The title of this book is Running with Scissors and it was written by Augusten Burroughs. This particular edition is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is and it has a suggested retail price of $ It was published by Picador and has a total of pages in the book/5(33).  · 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 unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor's bizarre family, and befriending a Brand: St. Martin's Publishing Group.  · Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy. Ian Sansom is not wholly convinced by Augusten Burroughs’s tale of dysfunctional American family life, Running With Scissors. Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs’s memoir of a shattered childhood, has spent more than two years on the New York Times best-seller list, spawned.

Clear rating. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. 3 Books! 1) Running With Scissors 2) The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time 3) The Kite Runner. by. Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author) avg rating — 7 ratings. Want to Read. Running with Scissorsby Augusten Burroughs. Overview -. "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 unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. The funny, harrowing and bestselling account of an ordinary boy's survival under. Running with Scissors is the first set of memoirs by Augusten Burroughs, charting his childhood from the ages of eleven to seventeen. Augusten's mother is a mentally ill poet who dreams of being published in The New Yorker. So much so that she somewhat neglects her duties as a mother to young Augusten.

Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · , ratings · 12, reviews. 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 unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor’s bizarre family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backya. When he was a teenager in Massachusetts during the s, Augusten Burroughs kept daily journals recording everything that happened to him. "Running with Scissors" is a result of those journals, but it's unlikely that anyone who suffered experiences like his would need a journal to recall them. Running with Scissors is the first set of memoirs by Augusten Burroughs, charting his childhood from the ages of eleven to seventeen. Augusten's mother is a mentally ill poet who dreams of being published in The New Yorker. So much so that she somewhat neglects her duties as a mother to young Augusten.