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Running with scissors

Hardcover • 2003 • English • 1. edition

Running with scissors: a memoir

By Augusten Burroughs

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About the book

This is the story of a boy whose mother gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa Claus and a certifiable lunatic into the bargain. Suddenly at the age of 12, Augusten found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect squalor. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients and a paedophile living in the garden shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules or school. The Christmas tree stayed up until Summer and Valium was chomped down like sweet...Show more

Autobiography: writers
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9781843541509

Publisher

Atlantic Books

Published year

2003

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Running with scissors

Format

Hardcover

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