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When his dysfunctional family sent Augusten Burroughs away to be raised in the home of his mother's therapist, he became part of an even more dysfunctional and unusual family dynamic. In this bestseller, which has become a classic of the wackier side of memoir literature, Burroughs doesn't flinch at any grotesquerie or atrocity, recording it all--no matter how bizarre--with relish and with a delightfully twisted sense of humor.
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"[B]uried beneath layers of bludgeoning metaphors and references to obscure 1970s television personalities, are the signs of a keen observer of the domestic wildlife park." - Lis Clegg (Times Literary Supplement, 5/2/03)
"At first we felt guilty giggling..., but Burroughs knows that laughter is the best antidepressant." - (Entertainment Weekly, 3/19/04)
"The events of five years in the life of Augusten Burroughs, as recounted in a memoir that is both horrifying and mordantly funny, are so unbelievable, they make even the most outrageous episode of 'The Jerry Springer Show' seem rational by comparison. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS just might be the most aptly titled book ever written." - Lis Clegg (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, 7/14/02)
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"This was okay, but not this hilarious piece of work some of the other reviews says it is. There was very little I found funny. Most of it I found appalling and couldn't believe he survived his childhood."
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"the insanity of this book is very addictive! great book!"
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"this book was okay nothing spectacular, a god read though."
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"funny story, but it is graphic."
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".Sickening descriptions of homosexuality, drug abuse, total disfunction. A waste of time to finish this waste of good ink. Very graphic with mental images that are warped and filthy."
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