This is a powerful evocation of an American childhood. The prequel to 'Running with Scissors', this work tells the story of Augusten's relationship with his tormented father, a man who sent his wife mad & saw his other son run away from home, prior to Augusten going into foster care.
This is a powerful evocation of an American childhood. The prequel to 'Running with Scissors', this work tells the story of Augusten's relationship wi...
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book by Augusten Burroughs that explores how to survive what you think you can't.
If you're fat and fail every diet, if you're thin but can't get thin enough, if you lose your job, if your child dies, if you are diagnosed with cancer, if you always end up with exactly the wrong kind of person, if you always end up alone, if you can't get over the past, if your parents are insane and ruining your life, if you really and truly wish you were dead, if you feel like it's your...
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book by Augusten Burroughs that expl...
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. Suddenly at the age of 12, Augusten found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect squalor.
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 Cl...
