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Running with scissors spent eight weeks on the new york times bestseller list. If fen runs with scissors then fen will be sent to time out and get bored. The book tells the story of burroughss bizarre childhood life after his mother, a chainsmoking aspiring poet, sent him to live with her psychiatrist. The book tells the story of burroughss bizarre childhood life after his mother. 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. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Running with scissors by augusten burroughs goodreads. So at the age of twelve, burroughs found himself amidst victorian squalor. Running with scissors is a 2002 memoir by american writer augusten burroughs. Now a major motion picture running with scissors is the true story of a. The true story of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, the christmas tree stayed up all year round, valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull an electroshocktherapy machine. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of running with scissors by augusten burroughs. 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 deadringer for santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Augusten burroughs disturbing memoir running with scissors has already received a great deal of praise, and it certainly is a gripping read.

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