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008			100622s2006 xxu eng d
020			_a0312938853 _c$7.99
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050			_aPS 3552 _b.B87 2002
082	0	4	_a813.6
100	1		_aBurroughs, Augusten. _95672
245	1	0	_aRunning with scissors : _ba memoir / _cAugusten Burroughs.
260			_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Paperbacks, _c2006.
300			_a331 p. ; _c18 cm.
500			_aMass Market Paperback.
520			_aRUNNING WITH SCISSORS is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doctor’s bizarre family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The story of an outlaw childhood where rules were unheard of, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year-round, where Valium was consumed like candy, and if things got dull, an electroshock therapy machine could provide entertainment. The funny, harrowing, and bestselling account of an ordinary boy’s survival under the most extraordinary circumstances   Running with Scissors Acknowledgments Gratitude doesn’t begin 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 would also like to express my appreciation to my mother and father for, no matter how inadvertently, giving me such a memorable childhood. Additionally, I would like to thank the real-life members of the family portrayed in this book for 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 intended to hurt the family. Both my publisher and I regret any unintentional harm resulting from the publishing and marketing of Running with Scissors. Most of all, I would like to thank my brother for demonstrating, by example, the importance of being wholly unique.
650		4	_aBiography / Autobiography. _92140
650		4	_aAmherst. _95673
650		4	_aBiography.
650		4	_aBurroughs, Augusten. _95674
650		4	_aChildhood and youth. _94760
650		4	_aHomes and haunts. _95675
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312938853/chopaconline-20
856	4	0	_3Amazon customer reviews _uhttp://www.chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/azrev.pl?q=0312938853
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