Running with Scissors: A Memoir

Burroughs, Augusten

ISBN 10: 0312283709 / ISBN 13: 9780312283704

Published by St. Martin's Press, 2002

About this Item

May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. Seller Inventory # 777892

Bibliographic Details

Title: Running with Scissors: A Memoir

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

The author of Sellevision 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, a pedophile's life in a barn, and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers. 25,000 first printing.

About the Authors:

Augusten Burroughs is the author of Sellevision. He lives in New York City.

Augusten Burroughs is the author of Dry, Magical Thinking: True Stories,Possible Side Effects, A Wolf at the Table and You Better Not Cry. He is also the author of the novelSellevision, which is currently in development for film. The film version ofRunning with Scissors, directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, was released in October 2006 and starred Joseph Cross, Brian Cox, Annette Bening (nominated for a Golden Globe for her role), Alec Baldwin and Evan Rachel Wood. Augusten's writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers around the world including The New York Times and New York Magazine. In 2005 Entertainment Weekly named him one of “The 25 Funniest People in America.” He resides in New York City and Western Massachusetts.