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A memoir of a teenager sent to live with his mother’s eccentric psychiatrist and his family
2002Fast paceDark
What it is about
Augusten Burroughs grows up in the 1970s with a mother who has serious mental illness and a father who leaves. At twelve, he is sent to live with his mother’s psychiatrist, Dr. Finch, in a house where nobody follows normal rules. The memoir is both funny and shocking.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like dark, funny memoirs.
What you will get
A fast read that is both funny and disturbing. Some events are hard to read.
Running with Scissors Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Nonfiction · Memoir · Family · Dark humor
Length
304 pages · ≈ 9 h
More about this book
Characters
Augusten Burroughs and the household of Dr. Finch.
Setting
Massachusetts in the 1970s.
What makes it different
A chaotic childhood told with comic detail.
Feel
Darkly funny, shocking and fast.
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