Burroughs, Augusten
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
- ISBN 13:
- 9781843541516
- author:
- Burroughs, Augusten
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Atlantic Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 130mm X 195mm
- Genre:
- Biography: general
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
This is the true story of a boy whose life was turned upside down when his mother, a poet with a troubled past, gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist. At the age of twelve, the author found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian house with a family that was as unconventional as it was eccentric.
There were no rules, no school, and no ordinary childhood. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and the house was filled with the sounds of laughter and the smell of medication. It was a world that was both foul and harrowing, yet also maniacally funny. This is the story of an ordinary boy's survival under extraordinary circumstances.
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