![]() ![]() ![]() Told with Burroughs' unique voice, black humour, and in-your-face advice, This is How is Running With Scissors - with recipes. This Is How is his no-holds-barred book of advice on topics as varied as: Burroughs has faced humiliation, transformation and everything in between. From having no formal education past third grade and being raised by his mother's psychiatrist in the seventies to enjoying one of the most successful advertising careers of the eighties to experiencing a spectacular downfall and rehab stint in the nineties to having a number one bestselling writing career in the new millennium. Augusten Burroughs, the gothic serial memoirist, has found a home in a bankrupt building in Battery Park City. The 1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, now a Major Motion Picture Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. There are 28 short chapters ranging from How To Be Fat. To say that Augusten Burroughs has lived an unusual life is an understatement. The laughs are there, as expected, but Augusten Burroughs is very much in earnest with his messages. From the New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book that explores how to survive the "un-survivable" and will challenge your notion of self-help books. ![]()
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