Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
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Author: Augusten BurroughsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-01
ISBN: 031242227X
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Picador
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- ISBN13: 9780312422271
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Book Review: "A clean, flattened area was created..."
Summary: 4 Stars
"...as with all things that explode, a clean, flattened area was created."
This line stuck with me throughout the book - and in scanning user reviews here - I was again aware of a strange take that folks have on a memoir. Burroughs, like Sedaris or Jennifer Traig, has some sharp and clearly painful experiences.
He takes them and finds their humor - maybe he remembers the memories too bright and colorful at times - but there is no doubt that there is a lot of hurt and damage in his life. The fact that he has moved around it and written it as he has here in this book - I think is a fantastic statement about human capacity.
There are gobs of authors out there whose sole purpose in writing is too say "look at me - I'm screwed up and all these people I mention in my book did this to me and ruined any possibility of me having a normal life."
Burroughs moves carefully through his episodic mother, distant father and his surrogate family of very scattered personalities and - his own sketchy experiences. And he does it with an awareness of the learning experiences, the formation of who he is and never spends too much time blaming any of the people in his life. He explores them - and seems to understand them.
I really appreciated his writing, his humor (dry, sarcastic, poignant), and his spirit.
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