false 11409022 575354 242006 031242227X 9780312422271 4994 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173051732m/242006.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173051732s/242006.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242006.Running_with_Scissors_A_Memoir 3.47 42687 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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I did not enjoy reading this train wreck of a book. I was repulsed by the imagery, and I didn't care for the narrator at all. High shock value does not automatically give a book merit.]]>