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Running with Scissors A Memoir (Cokesbury.com)$15.96
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Overall Rating:4.60 based on 5 ratings
Amazon.com's review of "Running With Scissors": There is a passage early in Augusten Burroughs's harrowing and highly entertaining memoir, Running with Scissors, that speaks volumes about the author. While going to the garbage dump with his father, young Augusten spots a chipped, glass-top coffee table that he longs to bring home. "I knew I could hide the chip by fanning a display of magazines on the surface, like in a doctor's office." (Add picture)

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moodeous (6)
08/29/2006
Augusten Burrough's has a knack for making the horrifying hilarious. His biographical account of a childhood shaped by his mother's psychosis is no exception to this special talent.

In "Running with Scissors" Augusten recounts living with his mothers psychiatrist's family. Children run amock in this clever memoir filled with akward moments, coming of age experiences and much humor. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys cynical clever funny memoirs.

A conflicting quality is the level of depth in this book. Touching in an annecdotal sort of way it's an easy read, but may dissapoint those who seek a heavier message.

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bluetarbaby (8)
04/17/2005
No bullsh*t or ego. Just raw, honest writing.- which is always the best writing. I loved it. His book 'Dry' is even better in my opinion. He's gutsy. I don't know if I could reveal as much. Think about being at a party or something where everybody knows all that about you. Most writers will tell their own sick stories, but would never present it as non fiction, and the main character as theirselves. Great book. Great writer

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Molfan (57)
02/23/2005
I guess this book has been out for a couple years, i just finished reading it. Augusten Burroughs tells of his unusual childhood he spent the first 12 years with his family His parents fought all of the time. Eventually the father left for good. His mother starts going to this psychiatrist called Dr. Finch. he looks just like Santa Claus.after about a years worth of meeting the mother sends Augusten to live with the Finch family.the family is unusual. many sisters still live there, Augusten is adoptedby Finch and lives there since 12.the oldest daughter still lives there at 28.He allows others to stay there as well. one being a 30 something man who takes an interest in Augusten.the Christmas tree stays up all year, valium is readily available.It is hard to believe that there is such a life, but Augusten Burroughs lived. it. pretty good reading but can be very disturbing.I guess it is going to be turned into a movie soon.

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