Wilson, Kathleen
Clearly, this thought never bothered Augusten Burroughs, whose jaw-dropping biography Running With Scissors shot off the scale in terms of parental damnation. The power of that book stemmed from the transcendental innocence that allowed Augusten (you feel on first-name terms with someone so honest...
Burroughs' best-selling series of memoirs, Running with Scissors: A Memoir (2002), Dry: A Memoir (2003), Magical Thinking: True Stories (2004), Possible Side Effects (2006), A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father (2008), Y o u Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas (2009), ...
Augusten Burroughs burst onto the literary scene in 2002 with his best-selling memoir Running With Scissors, which hysterically chronicled his unusual upbringing (his mom basically gave him away to be raised by her wacky psychiatrist). Since then the ex-advertising exec published last year's ...