Augusten Burroughs was just twelve years old when his mother gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who lived in a world in which rules were unheard of and a pedophile resided in a backyard shed. Running with Scissors is Burroughs's painfully funny and unforgettable account of his outlaw chilhood--now the basis of a major motion picture.
"Running with Scissors is hilarious, freaky-deaky, berserk, controlled, transcendent, touching, affectionate, vengeful, all-embracing...It makes a good run at blowing every other [memoir] out of the water."
--Carolyn See, The Washington Post--
"[Running with Scissors] promotes visceral responses (of laughter, wincing, retching) on nearly every page...Funny and rich with child's eye details of adults who have gone off the rails.
--The New York Times Book Review--