Running with scissors : a memoir
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New York : Picador, [2006].
ISBN
0312938853, 9780312938857, 1417684186, 9781417684182
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Stacks | 813.6 BUR | On Shelf |
Richton Park Public Library District - Stacks | PB BURROU- | On Shelf |
Roselle Public Library District - Adult Biography | B BURROUGH BUR | On Shelf |
Warrenville Public Library District - Adult Biography | B BURROUGHS, AUGUSTEN | On Shelf |
Woodridge Public Library - Adult Biography | BIO BURROUGHS | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Picador, [2006].
Format
Book
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331 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0312938853, 9780312938857, 1417684186, 9781417684182
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With an excerpt from Dry by Augusten Burroughs (p.[323]-331).
Description
This 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, the author 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. It is at turns foul and harrowing, compelling and maniacally funny, but above all, it chronicles an ordinary boy's survival under the most extraordinary circumstances.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Burroughs, A. (2006). Running with scissors: a memoir (Mass market paperback edition.). Picador.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burroughs, Augusten. 2006. Running With Scissors: A Memoir. Picador.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Burroughs, Augusten. Running With Scissors: A Memoir Picador, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Burroughs, Augusten. Running With Scissors: A Memoir Mass market paperback edition., Picador, 2006.
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