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Running with Scissors: A Memoir

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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 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...

ISBN: 9780312938857
ISBN-10: 0312938853
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Published: September 2006
Publisher: ST MARTINS PR
Dimensions (cm): 17.577 x 10.922  x 2.362
Weight (kg): 0.168