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Title: What a Hard Childhood
Review: One of my clients was Augustan Burroughs' employer when he was writing Running With Scissors. On his recommendation I picked up the book and I'm glad I did. Burroughs really lived a rough childhood, whether there were exaggerations or not . . . his mother was mentally ill, he was unwanted, unloved, and found solace in the arms of a pedophile. That's just the beginning.Smoking, drinking, drugs, and the life of a wild stoner dropout. While some of that was choice, he's a lucky man to have survived all that with baggage. This is a road map to dysfunction and everyone who has to deal with maladjusted juveniles should read it, should understand what can be endured and what children can be subjected to.I tell people this is a hard, hard read. NOt because it's not good, but because it is really well-written and it's like a crash in slow motion, you know it's going to get worse and yet you have to know. Page by page you have to know.- CV Rick
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