Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Running with Scissors

Augusten Burroughs

320 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir funny reflective fast-paced

Description

The #1 New York Times Bestseller An Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year 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 uno...

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Moods

dark 77%
funny 57%
emotional 49%
reflective 42%
sad 35%
challenging 19%
tense 13%
adventurous 11%
hopeful 7%
inspiring 5%
lighthearted 4%
informative 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

fast 48%
medium 44%
slow 6%

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