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Running with Scissors: A Memoir

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 backyard shed. The story of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year-round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull, an electroshock therapy machine could provide entertainment. The funny, harrowing, and bestselling account of an ordinary boy?s survival under the most extraordinary circumstances?

Running with Scissors Acknowledgments
Gratitude doesn?t begin to describe it: Jennifer Enderlin, Christopher Schelling, John Murphy, Gregg Sullivan, Kim Cardascia, Michael Storrings, and everyone at St. Martin?s Press. Thank you: Lawrence David, Suzanne Finnamore, Robert Rodi, Bret Easton Ellis, Jon Pepoon, Lee Lodes, Jeff Soares, Kevin Weidenbacher, Lynda Pearson, Lona Walburn, Lori Greenburg, John DePretis, and Sheila Cobb. I would also like to express my appreciation to my mother and father for, no matter how inadvertently, giving me such a memorable childhood. Additionally, I would like to thank the real-life members of the family portrayed in this book for taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own. I recognize that their memories of the events described in this book are different than my own. They are each fine, decent, and hard-working people. The book was not intended to hurt the family. Both my publisher and I regret any unintentional harm resulting from the publishing and marketing of Running with Scissors. Most of all, I would like to thank my brother for demonstrating, by example, the importance of being wholly unique.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-21-2009; Hilarious and touching; Is this fiction? Is this memoir? I am not sure. I write this review years after reading the book, and know that all that matters to me today is that I thoroughly enjoyed Burroughs book. His later works suffer by comparison, but...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-20-2009; And you thought your childhood was weird!; Running With Scissors tells the story of Augusten Burroughs quest for survival in an unorthodox family. Oh, yes, and he also has a quest for fabulous hair. The story is set in the late 1970s and early '80s when the baby boomers' flaccid...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-02-2009; READER BEWARE! LITERARY TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!; First off let me state that the first half of this book was well written. When you get to the middle of the book it goes straight downhill. I really didn't need to experience the vivid details of his first gay experience. I don't care in...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-28-2008; A great start in your Burroughs obsession.; This was a great memoir. My first Augusten Burroughs read AND memoir. Strange, witty, and sometimes uncomfortable to read, but all around enjoyable. The ending did upset me a bit... and please, STAY AWAY FROM THE MOVIE!; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-21-2009; Hilarious and touching; Is this fiction? Is this memoir? I am not sure. I write this review years after reading the book, and know that all that matters to me today is that I thoroughly enjoyed Burroughs book. His later works suffer by comparison, but...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-28-2008; A great start in your Burroughs obsession.; This was a great memoir. My first Augusten Burroughs read AND memoir. Strange, witty, and sometimes uncomfortable to read, but all around enjoyable. The ending did upset me a bit... and please, STAY AWAY FROM THE MOVIE!; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-02-2009; READER BEWARE! LITERARY TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!; First off let me state that the first half of this book was well written. When you get to the middle of the book it goes straight downhill. I really didn't need to experience the vivid details of his first gay experience. I don't care in...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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