Running with Scissors

Augusten Burroughs has written about his weird and shocking childhood with the family of his mother's psychotherapist. The camp and well observed details bring the true strangeness of this part of his upbringing to life. His accurate observations about life in the US in the 70's struck a cord and the people were well characterised. Most people enjoyed the book, although there were a couple cynics amongst us who wondered at the extremeness of the events portrayed. Words used to describe it: heart breaking, dystopia dysfunctional, psychotic psychotherapy, bizarre, bohemian, pubic, self indulgent, American therapy and shit! Marks between 2 - 8.

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The Siege of Khrisnapur by J G Farrell

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Wednesday 1 April in Rona's Shed