Augusten Burroughs

This is the story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of grandeur) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead ringer for Santa Claus and a certifiable lunatic into the bargain. Suddenly at the age of 12, Augusten found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian house in perfect s...

You've eaten too much chocolate at Christmas...but have you ever eaten the face off a six-foot-tall-stuffed Santa? You ve seen gingerbread houses...but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You've woken up with a hangover...but have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Auguste...

Recounts the bizarre events of the author's childhood. Afyer his parents' divorce, his mother, a delusional poet, left him in the care of her psychiatrist, a man who might have benefitted from a little therapy himself. Suddenly, at 12, Augusten found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian mansion...

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 unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking rese...

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 unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa Claus. So at the age of twelve, Burroughs found himself amidst Victorian squalor living with the doc...

A collection of personal writings, features, observations on such topics as; a contest of wills with a deranged cleaning lady, the emotional side of killing a rodent in one's own home, and the brief fame that accompanies starring in a commercial.

Darkly funny and gleefully mean-spirited, "Sellevision "explores greed, obsession and third tier celebrity, in the world of a fictional home shopping network. Welcome to the troubled world of Sellevision, America's premier retail broadcasting network. When Max Andrews, the much-loved and h...

Young, good-looking and raking in cash as a successful advertising executive, Augusten has everything going for him...except for his drinking. Dry is his hilarious and moving account of coming off the booze and attempting to live his drunken life sober. It's also a story of love, loss and Starbucks ...

"A Macmillan Audiobook from St. Martin's Press."

To say that Augusten Burroughs has lived an unusual life is an understatement. 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 down...

The author describes his bizarre coming-of-age years after his adoption by his mother's psychiatrist, during which he witnessed such misadventures as a fake suicide attempt and front-lawn family/patient sleepovers.

Of course you've eaten too much chocolate at Christmas, but have you ever eaten the face off a six-foot-stuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses, but have you ever made your own gingerbread block of flats? You've woken up with a hangover, but have you ever woken up lying next to Kris Kringle hi...

The hilarious first novel by the #1 bestselling author of "Running with Scissors," "Dry," "A Wolf at the Table," and "You Better Not Cry," "Sellevision" is Augusten Burrough's darkly funny and vastly entertaining skewering of a very troubled home-shopping channel. Welcome to the world of Sellevision...

A "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER about Christmases past and present from the #1 bestselling author of "Running with Scissors," "Dry," and" A Wolf at the Table" At eight years old, Augusten Burroughs profoundly misunderstood the meaning of Christmas. Now proving himself once more "a master of making tra...

From the #1 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 To say that Augusten Burroughs has lived an unusual life is an understatement. From having no formal e...

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. Suddenly, at age twelve, Augusten Burroughs found himself living in a dilapidated Victorian in pe...