Running with Scissors - A Memoir (Paperback, Main)

This is the story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of grandeur) 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 sweets. When things got a bit slow, there was always the ancient electroshock therapy machine under the stairs.

General

Imprint:	Atlantic Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2004
Authors:	Augusten Burroughs
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-84354-151-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-84354-151-3
Barcode:	9781843541516

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