Running with Scissors (memoir)

Running with Scissors
AuthorAugusten Burroughs
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherPicador
Publication date
2002
Publication placeUnited States
Pages302
ISBN0-312-42227-X
OCLC48515847
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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]

  1. ^ Picador book review
  2. ^ "Best Sellers". New York Times. September 8, 2002.