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running with scissors
Apr. 6th, 2006 11:05 pmmy sister lent me "running with scissors" by augusten burroughs (http://www.augusten.com/books_running.php).
and... shoo... some people have said i should write my life story, but, why reinvent the wheel, especially when it's so much better written than i could do?
oh, sure, of course, i was never a 12 year old gay boy given by my insane mother to her insane psychiatrist, but still... just the general atmosphere of san francisco in the 1970's was like this. :/
Running with Scissors is a cut above...screamingly funny...Two things make Burroughs' book so compelling: his wit and his depiction of the wild goings-on in this large, strange family...But the true source of Running with Scissors' appeal stems from Burroughs' ability to bring the 1970's alive... In the end, the book celebrates Burroughs' resilient, upbeat spirit, which helps him surmount one of the weirder childhoods on record."
-Deirdre Donahue, USA
TODAY
"Augusten Burroughs' memoir, "Running With Scissors," is a surreal and entertaining trip through a young life most readers will thank God wasn't theirs...Burroughs never lets his readers forget that stuck in the middle of all the madness is a confused boy."
-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
"Shocking, sarcastic, humorous but never dull, the memoir has an effect similar to watching a car accident. You know you shouldn't gawk, but you simply can't turn away from the carnage."
-Boston
Herald
and... shoo... some people have said i should write my life story, but, why reinvent the wheel, especially when it's so much better written than i could do?
oh, sure, of course, i was never a 12 year old gay boy given by my insane mother to her insane psychiatrist, but still... just the general atmosphere of san francisco in the 1970's was like this. :/
Running with Scissors is a cut above...screamingly funny...Two things make Burroughs' book so compelling: his wit and his depiction of the wild goings-on in this large, strange family...But the true source of Running with Scissors' appeal stems from Burroughs' ability to bring the 1970's alive... In the end, the book celebrates Burroughs' resilient, upbeat spirit, which helps him surmount one of the weirder childhoods on record."
-Deirdre Donahue, USA
TODAY
"Augusten Burroughs' memoir, "Running With Scissors," is a surreal and entertaining trip through a young life most readers will thank God wasn't theirs...Burroughs never lets his readers forget that stuck in the middle of all the madness is a confused boy."
-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
"Shocking, sarcastic, humorous but never dull, the memoir has an effect similar to watching a car accident. You know you shouldn't gawk, but you simply can't turn away from the carnage."
-Boston
Herald
