Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Running with Scissors

Augusten Burroughs

288 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir funny reflective fast-paced
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Now including an excerpt from Lust & Wonder, a new memoir coming in March 2016. Running 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 psychiatrist, a dead-ringer ...

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Moods

dark 77%
funny 62%
emotional 49%
sad 39%
reflective 38%
challenging 21%
tense 16%
adventurous 12%
hopeful 9%
inspiring 5%
lighthearted 5%
informative 3%
mysterious 2%
relaxing 1%

Pace

medium 47%
fast 44%
slow 7%

Average rating

3.6

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