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Running With Scissors
(Hardcover, 2002)
Other Editions...
Author: Augusten Burroughs
When his dysfunctional family sent Augusten Burroughs away to be raised in the home of his mother's ...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0312283709
ISBN-13: 9780312283704
Jul 2002
Publisher: St Martins Pr
304 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English |
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Synopsis
When his dysfunctional family sent Augusten Burroughs away to be raised in the home of his mother's therapist, he became part of an even more dysfunctional and unusual family dynamic. In this bestseller, which has become a classic of the wackier side of memoir literature, Burroughs doesn't flinch at any grotesquerie or atrocity, recording it all--no matter how bizarre--with relish and with a delightfully twisted sense of humor.
| Size | | Length: | 304 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 15.2 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "My mother is standing in front of the bathroom mirror smelling polished and ready; like Jean Naté, Dippity Do and the waxy sweetness of lipstick."
Industry Reviews
"The events of five years in the life of Augusten Burroughs, as recounted in a memoir that is both horrifying and mordantly funny, are so unbelievable, they make even the most outrageous episode of 'The Jerry Springer Show' seem rational by comparison. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS just might be the most aptly titled book ever written."
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - David Wiegand (07/14/2002)
"At first we felt guilty giggling..., but Burroughs knows that laughter is the best antidepressant."
Entertainment Weekly (03/19/2004)
"[B]uried beneath layers of bludgeoning metaphors and references to obscure 1970s television personalities, are the signs of a keen observer of the domestic wildlife park."
Times Literary Supplement - Marlowe Fawcett (05/02/2003)
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Other Editions
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Audio, 2002 - $2.95 Save 90%
Audio, 2002 - $1.50 Save 94%
Paperback, 2003 - $0.75 Save 94%
Audio, 2006 - $3.49 Save 88%
Paperback, 2006 - $0.75 Save 94%
Hardcover, 2006 - $4.91 Save 75%
Paperback, 2006 - $0.75 Save 90%
Audio, 2006 - $3.99 Save 73%
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Audio, 2006 - $2.10 Save 92%
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Hardcover, 2003 - $77.65
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