Author | Augusten Burroughs |
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Language | English |
Genre | Memoir |
Publisher | Picador |
Publication date | 2002 |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 302 |
ISBN | 0-312-42227-X |
OCLC | 48515847 |
Preceded by | Sellevision |
Followed by | Dry |
Running with Scissors is a 2002 memoir by American writer Augusten Burroughs. The book tells the story of Burroughs's bizarre childhood life after his mother, a chain-smoking aspiring poet, sent him to live with her psychiatrist.[1] Running with Scissors spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.[2]