![]() ![]() It sounds like the setup of a comedic sitcom, and in many ways, it is exactly that. Burroughs’s mother, a chain-smoking, aspiring poet, who seems to have manic episodes, after divorcing her abusive, alcoholic husband, sends Burroughs, age 12, to live with her … psychiatrist, Dr. The premise of the memoir is already bonkers, folks. It helps that in addition to a ridiculous story to tell, he also has such a writer name, and a great title, although I’m not sure what the thought was behind the cover picture of a boy with a box over his head since I don’t recall a story about that from the book. ![]() I’m talking about the famous, movie-adapted 2002 memoir by Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors. When a Christmas tree is still up in May (and the kids are still mining it for candy), and a girl wears her McDonald’s uniform to the beach to go whale-watching - wearing a button promoting the newest, hottest menu item, Chicken McNuggets, no less - you know you’ve stumbled into a wildly memorable memoir. ![]()
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