Questions About Running with Scissors

by Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author)

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Would you consider Deirdre Burroughs to have narcissistic personality disorder or bipolar disorder?

Mimi Yes, I am not an expert on this, but clearly the world revolved around her, not her son. She never put him first, very symptomatic of a self absorbed …moreYes, I am not an expert on this, but clearly the world revolved around her, not her son. She never put him first, very symptomatic of a self absorbed narcissist.(less)

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who was (is) Natalie and why did she become important as a friend of Augusten?

Elise I think that Natalie and Augusten were the only sane people in that house, in his world, and so they gravitated toward each other. Their quirks and we…moreI think that Natalie and Augusten were the only sane people in that house, in his world, and so they gravitated toward each other. Their quirks and weirdnesses were more a product of their environment, whereas the doctor and Hope and most of the others had some serious mental illnesses. They were too sane for the family and too strange for the outside world, so they had each other.(less)

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What happened to Hope?

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