Running With Scissors (memoir)

Running With Scissors (memoir)

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, who had an obsession with Anne Sexton, sent him to live with her psychiatrist. Running with Scissors spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

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