Running with Scissors
by Augusten Burroughs | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 031242227x Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 031242227x Global Overview for this book
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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...
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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Mailing to ratmammy as a part of a trade! I hope you enjoy it. I happen to have 2 copies of this so I hope I enjoy it when I read it as well!!!
Mailing to ratmammy as a part of a trade! I hope you enjoy it. I happen to have 2 copies of this so I hope I enjoy it when I read it as well!!!
Thanks for the trade!!!