num_pages: 305
description: This is the story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of grandeur) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa Claus and a certifiable lunatic into the bargain. Suddenly at the age of 12, Augusten found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect squalor. The doctor's biza
language: English
title: Running with Scissors
titlecomplete: Running with Scissors
genres: Biography, LGBT, Mental Health, Memoir, Nonfiction, Psychology, Humor, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, Mental Illness
ratings_count: 385339
publisher: Atlantic Books