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Running with Scissors: A Memoir

by Augusten Burroughs

St. Martin's. 2002. 288p. ISBN 9780312283704. $24.95; pap. ISBN 9780312422271. $14.

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What sane mother would help her son fake a suicide to get out of school? Burroughs's mother did and then placed him in the home of an unscrupulous psychiatrist and his unruly family. This irreverently funny memoir survived a lawsuit claiming slander to become a popular book club selection. Some readers may find language and sexual accounts offensive. (LJ 6/1/02)

Reviewed by Staff , Jan 24, 2013

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