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Dry: A Memoir
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780312272050
- Book Title
- Dry : a Memoir
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, Social Science
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, Literary, Business Writing, Customs & Traditions, Advertising & Promotion
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 14.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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From the "New York Times" Bestselling author of "Running With Scissors" comes the story of one man trying to out-drink his memories, outlast his demons, and outrun his past. "I was addicted to "Bewitched" as a kid. I worshipped Darren Stevens the First. When he'd come home from work and Samantha would say, 'Darren, would you like me to fix you a drink?' He'd always rest his briefcase on the table below the mirror in the foyer, wipe his forehead with a monogrammed handkerchief and say, 'Better make it a double.'" (from Chapter Two) You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twentysomething guy, nice suit, works in advertising. Regular. Ordinary. But when the ordinary person had two drinks, Augusten was circling the drain by having twelve; when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. Loud, distracting ties, automated wake-up calls and cologne on the tongue could only hide so much for so long. At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr. are immediately dashed by grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. But when Augusten is forced to examine himself, something actually starts to click and that's when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken Manhattan life--and live it sober. What follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is true. "Dry "is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312272057
ISBN-13
9780312272050
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2199529
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dry : a Memoir
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Literary, Business Writing, Customs & Traditions, Advertising & Promotion
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, Social Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
14.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3552.U745z465 2003
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
We not only laugh with him but wind up caring deeply as well. Dry will make readers glad to have Augusten Burroughs in the world, and eager for more., "We not only laugh with him but wind up caring deeply as well. Dry will make readers glad to have Augusten Burroughs in the world, and eager for more." -- O Magazine "Burroughs is a brilliant writer--wickedly funny, painfully honest, and uber-cool. Without cheapening the hard work and commitment recovery requires, he allows the wry hilarity of his experience to shine brighter than the pain and darkness. I haven't read anything this sharp, hip, or honest in my life. Count me as a lifelong fan of this courageous writer." -- Elle (Reader's Prize winner for June) "Beneath the quick-flowing, funny-sad surface of Burroughs' prose lurks considerable complexity...even more compelling than Burroughs' first outing." -- Time " Dry is a stylish memoir about a messy life." -- Entertainment Weekly "Humor and poignancy...we finish the book amazed not only that Burroughs can write so brilliantly, but that he's even alive." -- People, Humor and poignancy...we finish the book amazed not only that Burroughs can write so brilliantly, but that he's even alive., "We not only laugh with him but wind up caring deeply as well.Drywill make readers glad to have Augusten Burroughs in the world, and eager for more." --O Magazine "Burroughs is a brilliant writer--wickedly funny, painfully honest, and uber-cool. Without cheapening the hard work and commitment recovery requires, he allows the wry hilarity of his experience to shine brighter than the pain and darkness. I haven't read anything this sharp, hip, or honest in my life. Count me as a lifelong fan of this courageous writer." --Elle(Reader's Prize winner for June) "Beneath the quick-flowing, funny-sad surface of Burroughs' prose lurks considerable complexity...even more compelling than Burroughs' first outing." --Time "Dryis a stylish memoir about a messy life." --Entertainment Weekly "Humor and poignancy...we finish the book amazed not only that Burroughs can write so brilliantly, but that he's even alive." --People, Beneath the quick-flowing, funny-sad surface of Burroughs' prose lurks considerable complexity...even more compelling than Burroughs' first outing.
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2003-043120
Dewey Decimal
813/.6 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
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