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Running with Scissors is the true story of an boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of being Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain.
Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself surviving in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect squalor. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile surviving in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules. There was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there is always the vintage electroshock-therapy machine under the stairs...
Running with Scissors is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny. But above all, it is a really amazing chronicle of a typical boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself surviving in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect squalor. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile surviving in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules. There was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there is always the vintage electroshock-therapy machine under the stairs...
Running with Scissors is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny. But above all, it is a really amazing chronicle of a typical boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
Running with Scissors Acknowledgments
Gratitude doesn’t get started to describe it: Jennifer Enderlin, Christopher Schelling, John Murphy, Gregg Sullivan, Kim Cardascia, Michael Storrings, and everyone at St. Martin’s Press. Thank you: Lawrence David, Suzanne Finnamore, Robert Rodi, Bret Easton Ellis, Jon Pepoon, Lee Lodes, Jeff Soares, Kevin Weidenbacher, Lynda Pearson, Lona Walburn, Lori Greenburg, John DePretis, and Sheila Cobb. I'd also prefer to express my appreciation to my mom and dad for, no matter how inadvertently, giving me such a memorable childhood. Additionally, I'd like to thank the real-life members of the family portrayed in this book when planning on taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own. I recognize that their memories of the events described in this book are different than my own. They are each fine, decent, and hard-working people. The book was not designed to hurt the family. Both my publisher and I regret any unintentional harm caused by the publishing and marketing of Running with Scissors. Primarily, I'd like to thank my brother for demonstrating, by example, the importance of being wholly unique.
Gratitude doesn’t get started to describe it: Jennifer Enderlin, Christopher Schelling, John Murphy, Gregg Sullivan, Kim Cardascia, Michael Storrings, and everyone at St. Martin’s Press. Thank you: Lawrence David, Suzanne Finnamore, Robert Rodi, Bret Easton Ellis, Jon Pepoon, Lee Lodes, Jeff Soares, Kevin Weidenbacher, Lynda Pearson, Lona Walburn, Lori Greenburg, John DePretis, and Sheila Cobb. I'd also prefer to express my appreciation to my mom and dad for, no matter how inadvertently, giving me such a memorable childhood. Additionally, I'd like to thank the real-life members of the family portrayed in this book when planning on taking me into their home and accepting me as one of their own. I recognize that their memories of the events described in this book are different than my own. They are each fine, decent, and hard-working people. The book was not designed to hurt the family. Both my publisher and I regret any unintentional harm caused by the publishing and marketing of Running with Scissors. Primarily, I'd like to thank my brother for demonstrating, by example, the importance of being wholly unique.
