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Newsletter Yr: | 2003 |
| Structure: | Paperback | Language: | English |
| ISBN: |
9780312422271 |
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9780312422271 |
| Synopsis | |
| RUNNING WITH SCISSORS is the stunning tale of a boy whose mom (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 chanced on himself amidst Victorian squalor dwelling with the doctor’s unparalleled family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The tale of an outlaw childhood where tips were remarkable, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year-round, where Valium turn out to be once consumed love candy, and if things acquired stupid, an electroshock therapy machine would possibly per chance presumably present entertainment. The silly, harrowing, and bestselling myth of a usual boy’s survival below basically the most unparalleled instances… THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER OF LAST SUMMER IS NOW IN PAPERBACK”I correct accomplished studying basically the most unbelievable e book. Running With Scissors is hilarious, freaky-deaky, berserk, led, transcendent, touching, affectionate, vengeful, all-embracing _ It makes a finest bustle at blowing every other [memoir] out of the water.” – Carolyn Explore, The Washington Post The #1 Unusual York Times Bestseller An Leisure Weekly High Ten E book of the Yr Now a Principal Movement Image Running with Scissors is the stunning tale of a boy whose mom (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 chanced on himself amidst Victorian squalor dwelling with the doctor’s unparalleled family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The tale of an outlaw childhood where tips were remarkable, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, where Valium wasconsumed love candy, and if things acquired stupid an electroshock- therapy machine would possibly per chance presumably present entertainment. The silly, harrowing and bestselling myth of a usual boy’s survival below basically the most unparalleled instances. Running with Scissors Acknowledgments Gratitude doesn’t originate up to report it: Jennifer Enderlin, Christopher Schelling, John Murphy, Gregg Sullivan, Kim Cardascia, Michael Storrings, and all and sundry 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 moreover are looking to explicit my appreciation to my mom and father for, no matter how inadvertently, giving me this form of memorable childhood. Moreover, I would are looking to thank the categorical-life family members portrayed on this e book for taking me into their dwelling and accepting me as one amongst their possess. I look that their recollections of the occasions described on this e book are various than my possess. They are every pretty, first rate, and never easy-working other folks. The e book turn out to be once no longer intended to wretchedness the family. Every my publisher and I remorse any accidental hurt due to the the publishing and advertising of Running with Scissors. Most of all, I would are looking to thank my brother for demonstrating, by instance, the importance of being wholly irregular. The #1New York Times Bestseller AnEntertainment WeeklyTop Ten E book of the Yr Now a Principal Movement Image Running with Scissorsis the stunning tale of a boy whose mom (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 chanced on himself amidst Victorian squalor dwelling with the doctor’s unparalleled family, and befriending a pedophile who resided in the backyard shed. The tale of an outlaw childhood where tips were remarkable, and the Christmas tree stayed up all year round, where Valium turn out to be once consumed love candy, and if things acquired stupid an electroshock- therapy machine would possibly per chance presumably present entertainment. The silly, harrowing and bestselling myth of a usual boy’s survival below basically the most unparalleled instances. Running with Scissors Acknowledgments Gratitude doesn’t originate up to report it: Jennifer Enderlin, Christopher Schelling, John Murphy, Gregg Sullivan, Kim Cardascia, Michael Storrings, and all and sundry 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 moreover are looking to explicit my appreciation to my mom and father for, no matter how inadvertently, giving me this form of memorable childhood. Moreover, I would are looking to thank the categorical-life family members portrayed on this e book for taking me into their dwelling and accepting me as one amongst their possess. I look that their recollections of the occasions described on this e book are various than my possess. They are every pretty, first rate, and never easy-working other folks. The e book turn out to be once no longer intended to wretchedness the family. Every my publisher and I remorse any accidental hurt due to the the publishing and advertising of Running with Scissors. Most of all, I would are looking to thank my brother for demonstrating, by instance, the importance of being wholly irregular. The runaway nationwide bestseller now becomes a motion image starring Annette Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow, directed by Ryan Murphy | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| ISBN-10 | 031242227X |
| ISBN-13 | 9780312422271 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 2446687 |
| Key Vital positive aspects | |
| Creator | Augusten X. Burroughs |
| Quantity Of Pages | 336 pages |
| Edition Description | Revised |
| Structure | Paperback |
| Newsletter Date | 2003-06-01 |
| Language | English |
| Author | Picador |
| Newsletter Yr | 2003 |
| Extra Vital positive aspects | |
| Copyright Date | 2002 |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 10.6 Oz.19459027] |
| High | 1 In. |
| Width | 5.5 In. |
| Dimension | 7.4 In. |
| Target Viewers | |
| Neighborhood | Exchange |
| Classification System | |
| LCCN | 2001-058857 |
| LC Classification Quantity | PS3552.U745 Z477 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813.6 |
| Dewey Edition | 22 |
| Critiques | |
| “Laughable and rich with kid’s glance small print of adults who possess long gone off the rails.” – The Unusual York Times E book Overview “It’s miles as silly because it is zigzag.” – GQ “A childhood of electoshock high jinx.” – Arrogance Sexy “A hilarious and horrifying memoir.” – Los Angeles Times “Harrowing and hilarious. I possess no longer laughed this valuable since David Sedaris’s final e book.” – Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy “Running with Scissors is a slice above … compelling.. . the e book celebrates Burroughs’ resilient, upbeat spirit, which helps him surmount one amongst the extra odd childhoods on file.” – – USA Right this moment “The anecdotes would possibly per chance also be flippant, and so insanely silly (somewhat literally), that the enact is that of a William Burroughs field comedy.” – The Unusual York Times “Burroughs defies the ‘woe is me’ stigma of standard memoir with a raucous recounting of his loony teenage years.” – Leisure Weekly”I turn out to be once reminded of Roald Dahl’s Boy and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Augusten Burroughs has produced a memoir that is silly and titillating but moreover humane, as charming because it is revealing.” Kurt Andersen, author of Turn of the Century”A memoir that is each and each horrifying and mordantly silly.” – San Francisco ChronicleBurroughs has memoiralized his unparalleled childhood exhibiting off a depressing wit that often competitors that of David Sedaris-whereas telling a finest tale that would possibly per chance presumably well label even Sedaris draw back.” – Unusual York Magazine”Burroughs tempers the pathos with titillating riotous humor … Edgier, but comparable to Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, right here’s a survival tale readers would possibly per chance presumably no longer forget.” Booklist “I correct accomplished studying basically the most unbelievable e book. Running with Scissors is hilarious, freaky-deaky, berserk, managed, transcendent, touching, affectionate, vengeful, all-embracing….It makes a finest bustle at blowing every other [memoir] out of the water.” — Carolyn Explore, The Washington Post “Laughable and rich with kid’s glance small print of adults who possess long gone off the rails.” — The Unusual York Times E book Overview “It’s miles as silly because it is zigzag.” — GQ “A hilarious and horrifying memoir.” — Los Angeles Times “Harrowing and hilarious. I possess no longer laughed this valuable since David Sedaris’s final e book.” — Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy ” Running with Scissors is a slice above…compelling…the e book celebrates Burroughs’ resilient, upbeat spirit, which helps him surmount one amongst the extra odd childhoods on file.” — USA Right this moment “The anecdotes would possibly per chance also be so flippant, and so insanely silly (somewhat literally), that the enact is that of a William Burroughs field comedy.” — The Unusual York Times “Burroughs defies the ‘woe is me’ stigma of standard memoir with a raucous recounting of his loony teenage years.” — Leisure Weekly “I turn out to be once reminded of Roald Dahl’s Boy and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius . Augusten Burroughs has produced a memoir that is silly and titillating but moreover humane, as charming because it is revealing.” — Kurt Andersen, author of Turn of the Century “A memoir that is each and each horrifying and mordantly silly.” — San Francisco Myth “Burroughs has memorialized his unparalleled childhood exhibiting off a depressing wit that often competitors that 0of David Sedaris–whereas telling a finest tale that would possibly per chance presumably well label even Sedaris draw back.” — Unusual York Magazine “Burroughs tempers the pathos with titillating riotous humor… Edgier, but comparable to Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius , right here’s a survival tale readers would possibly per chance presumably no longer forget.” — Booklist A hilarious and horrifying memoir. A memoir that is each and each horrifying and mordantly silly. Burroughs defies the ‘woe is me’ stigma of standard memoir with a raucous recounting of his loony teenage years. Burroughs has memorialized his unparalleled childhood exhibiting off a depressing wit that often competitors that 0of David Sedaris–whereas telling a finest tale that would possibly per chance presumably well label even Sedaris draw back. Burroughs tempers the pathos with titillating riotous humor… Edgier, but comparable to Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius , right here’s a survival tale readers would possibly per chance presumably no longer forget. Harrowing and hilarious. I possess no longer laughed this valuable since David Sedaris’s final e book. I turn out to be once reminded of Roald Dahl’s Boy and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius . Augusten Burroughs has produced a memoir that is silly and titillating but moreover humane, as charming because it is revealing. It’s miles as silly because it is zigzag. Running with Scissors is a slice above…compelling…the e book celebrates Burroughs’resilient, upbeat spirit, which helps him surmount one amongst the extra odd childhoods on file. The anecdotes would possibly per chance also be so flippant, and so insanely silly (somewhat literally), that the enact is that of a William Burroughs field comedy. â”I correct accomplished studying basically the most unbelievable e book. Running with Scissors is hilarious, freaky-deaky, berserk, managed, transcendent, touching, affectionate, vengeful, all-embracing….It makes a finest bustle at blowing every other [memoir] out of the water. â” â–Carolyn Explore, The Washington Post â”Laughable and rich with kid’s glance small print of adults who possess long gone off the rails. â” â– The Unusual York Times E book Overview â”It’s miles as silly because it is zigzag. â” â– GQ â”A hilarious and horrifying memoir. â” â– Los Angeles Times â”Harrowing and hilarious. I possess no longer laughed this valuable since David Sedaris’s final e book. â” â–Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy â” Running with Scissors is a slice above…compelling…the e book celebrates Burroughs’ resilient, upbeat spirit, which helps him surmount one amongst the extra odd childhoods on file. â” â– USA Right this moment â”The anecdotes would possibly per chance also be so flippant, and so insanely silly (somewhat literally), that the enact is that of a William Burroughs field comedy. â” â– The Unusual York Times â”Burroughs defies the â’woe is me’ stigma of standard memoir with a raucous recounting of his loony teenage years. â” â– Leisure Weekly â”I turn out to be once reminded of Roald Dahl’s Boy and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius . Augusten Burroughs has produced a memoir that is silly and titillating but moreover humane, as charming because it is revealing. â” â–Kurt Andersen, author of Turn of the Century â”A memoir that is each and each horrifying and mordantly silly. â” â– San Francisco Myth â”Burroughs has memorialized his unparalleled childhood exhibiting off a depressing wit that often competitors that 0of David Sedaris â–whereas telling a finest tale that would possibly per chance presumably well label even Sedaris draw back. â” â– Unusual York Magazine â”Burroughs tempers the pathos with titillating riotous humor… Edgier, but comparable to Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius , right here’s a survival tale readers would possibly per chance presumably no longer forget. â” â– Booklist ‚”I correct accomplished studying basically the most unbelievable e book. Running with Scissors is hilarious, freaky-deaky, berserk, managed, transcendent, touching, affectionate, vengeful, all-embracing….It makes a finest bustle at blowing every other [memoir] out of the water. ‚” ‚–Carolyn Explore, The Washington Post ‚”Laughable and rich with kid’s glance small print of adults who possess long gone off the rails. ‚” ‚– The Unusual York Times E book Overview ‚”It’s miles as silly because it is zigzag. ‚” ‚– GQ ‚”A hilarious and horrifying memoir. ‚” ‚– Los Angeles Times ‚”Harrowing and hilarious. I possess no longer laughed this valuable since David Sedaris’s final e book. ‚” ‚–Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy ‚” Running with Scissors is a slice above…compelling…the e book celebrates Burroughs’ resilient, upbeat spirit, which helps him surmount one amongst the extra odd childhoods on file. ‚” ‚– USA Right this moment ‚”The anecdotes would possibly per chance also be so flippant, and so insanely silly (somewhat literally), that the enact is that of a William Burroughs field comedy. ‚” ‚– The Unusual York Times ‚”Burroughs defies the ‚’woe is me’ stigma of standard memoir with a raucous recounting of his loony teenage years. ‚” ‚– Leisure Weekly ‚”I turn out to be once reminded of Roald Dahl’s Boy and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius . Augusten Burroughs has produced a memoir that is silly and titillating but moreover humane, as charming because it is revealing. ‚” ‚–Kurt Andersen, author of Turn of the Century ‚”A memoir that is each and each horrifying and mordantly silly. ‚” ‚– San Francisco Myth ‚”Burroughs has memorialized his unparalleled childhood exhibiting off a depressing wit that often competitors that 0of David Sedaris ‚–whereas telling a finest tale that would possibly per chance presumably well label even Sedaris draw back. ‚” ‚– Unusual York Magazine ‚”Burroughs tempers the pathos with titillating riotous humor… Edgier, but comparable to Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius , right here’s a survival tale readers would possibly per chance presumably no longer forget. ‚” ‚– Booklist | |
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