Running with scissors : a memoir
(Book - Regular Print)

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Published
New York : Picador, 2006.
Edition
Second Picador edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Chino Valley Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
813.6 BUR
1 available
Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
PS3552.U745Z477 2006
1 available

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Published
New York : Picador, 2006.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
Second Picador edition.
Language
English

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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 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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Burroughs, A. (2006). Running with scissors: a memoir (Second Picador edition.). Picador.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Burroughs, Augusten. 2006. Running With Scissors: A Memoir. Picador.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Burroughs, Augusten. Running With Scissors: A Memoir Picador, 2006.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Burroughs, Augusten. Running With Scissors: A Memoir Second Picador edition., Picador, 2006.

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