Running with scissors review.

Over all I related to Augusten a lot because of what he's gone through. My parents divorced when I was little just like Augusten. I also had an older sibling that moved out of the house when I was just getting into the end of my junior high school. Even though his brother moved out much earlier I didn't know my sister to well. I also have been to a house like where Augusten went to hang out. The house was messy and very dirty and if they just dropped something it stayed there. The house was never clean and it was hairy due to a pet dog. My mom is not crazy and I do live with her so i really can't image having to live in that situation, but it's fun to read about. I feel he is a natural storyteller and I love he does his stories according to a time line but they are just random stories he remembers at that time. I would recommend this book. His other ones are also really good and they are short. It's really easy to relate as well since he's been through so much.

running with scissors memior part 4

Augusten's mother had a mental breakdown and they are staying in a hotel away from the homes. Augusten's mom met a waitress at a diner. The woman was brain washed by his mother that her therapist raped her. Augusten also was talking about just getting his diploma and graduating high school. He went to college but realized it was to much and dropped out. He moved into his own place with one of the Finch's daughter. After Augusten's mother tried to convince him Finch raped her, he just ran away to a hotel. At the very end you find out where all the book characters are today.

running with scissors memior part 3

In running with scissors the author has been ditched by his boyfriend. His boyfriend left in the middle of the night and never came back. The author and his friend from the Finch's house went job searching so they could afford more things and stop borrowing money from the family or Augusten's mother. The friend got a job at McDonalds, and Augusten was very jealous. He also was talking about the Christmas tree and how it had been out for to long.

running with scissors part 2

This is when Burroughs is mostly living with the Finchs in their house. He talks about how messy the house is a lot and how it is spending time there. I can relate to this since over the summer I stayed at my friends all summer in their house. Their house happened to be quite messy and kind of disgusting. I really like when he talks about his relationship with Natalie because they happen to get closer and she is kind of funny in a sarcastic way. He also pretends to commit suicide to get out of school. I like to school so I would never think about trying this. His mother has a few crazy things happen to her and she goes to a hospitial. He only goes to see his mother once or twice a week.

running with scissors memior part 1

In the first part of the book I learned about his parents and their relationship. I learned also about the main character Augusten and what he likes. He also loves his mother and he loves his close relationship with her. As he got a little older his parents grew apart despite their marriage therapist Dr. Finch. When his parents divorced his mother started to get all about herself and Augusten was drifting away from her. He started to make friends with Dr. Finch's kids. Soon his mom told Augusten he would be living with Dr. Finch. By the end of the first part he was living with the doctor for weeks. He was also finding out he was gay and he didn't fit into school.

Homework: Go back to your favorite childhood place.

When I finally got back to where I had spent my everyday as a child, the place had faded. The area was filled with snow and the wind had swirled the peace causing disturbed memoires. The no sitting on the radiator sign cover in layers of the white powder. They had cleaned the nail polish off the sidewalk along with the girl time my friends and I had. The three bushes us kids pretended were airplane controls were cut down to on tiny sad excuse. Even the bright colors of the windows didn't shine how they used to. As the feeling of change sunk into my soul my heart broke. It was as if someone had no respect for what was and still could be. I replayed each day almost indiviually if only I could put back was there. Then when it was time to go it didn't even feel like I was standing in the same place I was 10 years ago. I snapped back to reality and walked slowely down the front steps. I looked and remembered the nieghborhood one last time. Although here I felt more at home than ever i had to catch me breath, and as hard as it was... walk away.