Finch feels that, at age 13, children should be in charge of their own lives. Rules are practically nonexistent and children of all ages do whatever they please, such as having sex, smoking cigarettes and cannabis, and rebelling against authority figures. Finch lives with his "legal" wife, Agnes, as well as his two biological and one adopted children and some of his own patients. Finch, who lives in a rundown Victorian house in Northampton, Massachusetts. When his parents separate and his mother begins to second-guess her sexuality, Burroughs is sent to live with his mother's psychiatrist, Dr. Burroughs spends his early childhood in a clean and orderly home, obsessing over his clothes, hair, accessories, and having great potential, with his parents constantly fighting in the background. Running with Scissors covers the period of Burroughs' adolescent years, beginning at age 12 after a brief overview of his life as a child. Running with Scissors spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
The book tells the story of Burroughs's bizarre childhood life after his mother, a chain-smoking aspiring poet, sent him to live with her psychiatrist. Running with Scissors is a 2002 memoir by American writer Augusten Burroughs.
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