Running with Scissors
by Augusten Burroughs
Taste attributes: biographycomedydramadocumentaryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survivaltroubled leads
Boxlist takeRealistic and dark: a stirring biography, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.5 / 5
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About This Book
"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 for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in perfect squalor.
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- Author
- Augusten Burroughs
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 320
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- Open Library
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