The Resource Running with scissors : a memoir, Augusten Burroughs
Running with scissors : a memoir, Augusten Burroughs
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The item Running with scissors : a memoir, Augusten Burroughs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Westville-New Durham Township Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Running with scissors : a memoir, Augusten Burroughs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Westville-New Durham Township Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "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. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules, there was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock therapy machine under the stairs...."--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312283704
- Label
- Running with scissors : a memoir
- Title
- Running with scissors
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Augusten Burroughs
- Subject
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- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAmherst, Massachusetts -- Social life and customs
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- trueEccentric families
- trueBurroughs, Augusten -- Homes and haunts -- Amherst, Massachusetts
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueBurroughs, Augusten -- Childhood and youth
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Growing up
- Burroughs, Augusten -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts | Amherst
- Amherst (Mass.) -- Social life and customs
- trueAdopted teenagers -- Family relationships
- trueAdoptive families
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBooks to movies
- trueGrowing up -- Personal narratives
- trueAbandoned teenagers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. The doctor's bizarre family, a few patients, and a pedophile living in the backyard shed completed the tableau. Here, there were no rules, there was no school. The Christmas tree stayed up until summer, and Valium was eaten like Pez. And when things got dull, there was always the vintage electroshock therapy machine under the stairs...."--Amazon.com
- Summary
- The author describes his bizarre coming-of-age years after his adoption by his mother's psychiatrist, during which he witnessed such misadventures as a fake suicide attempt and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 184134
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3552.U745
- LC item number
- Z477 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/related_authorities
- CztQ0MbrDAE
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- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Running with scissors : a memoir, Augusten Burroughs
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20953758
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312283704
- Lccn
- 2001058857
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm48515847
- (Sirsi) AAQ-8885
- Label
- Running with scissors : a memoir, Augusten Burroughs
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20953758
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312283704
- Lccn
- 2001058857
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm48515847
- (Sirsi) AAQ-8885
Subject
- trueAbandoned teenagers
- trueAdopted teenagers -- Family relationships
- trueAdoptive families
- Amherst (Mass.) -- Social life and customs
- trueAmherst, Massachusetts -- Social life and customs
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBooks to movies
- trueBurroughs, Augusten -- Childhood and youth
- trueBurroughs, Augusten -- Homes and haunts -- Amherst, Massachusetts
- Burroughs, Augusten -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts | Amherst
- trueEccentric families
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- trueGrowing up -- Personal narratives
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Growing up
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Genre
- trueArts and Entertainment
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueBooks to movies
- trueLife stories
- truePersonal narratives
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