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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100385315546
ISBN-139780385315548
eBay Product ID (ePID)298786
Product Key Features
Book TitleDrinking: a Love Story
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicWomen, Personal Memoirs, Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol, Psychopathology / Addiction
GenreSelf-Help, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology
AuthorCaroline Knapp
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-279888
Reviews"Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . [a] perceptive and revealing book." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery." -- The New York Times " Drinking not only describes triumph; it is one." -- Newsweek
SynopsisFifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it. It was love at first sight. The beads of moisture on a chilled bottle. The way the glasses clinked and the conversation flowed. Then it became obsession. The way she hid her bottles behind her lover's refrigerator. The way she slipped from the dinner table to the bathroom, from work to the bar. And then, like so many love stories, it fell apart. Drinking is Caroline Kapp's harrowing chronicle of her twenty-year love affair with alcohol. Caroline had her first drink at fourteen. She drank through her yeras at an Ivy League college, and through an award-winning career as an editor and columnist. Publicly she was a dutiful daughter, a sophisticated professional. Privately she was drinking herself into oblivion. This startlingly honest memoir lays bare the secrecy, family myths, and destructive relationships that go hand in hand with drinking. And it is, above all, a love story for our times--full of passion and heartbreak, betrayal and desire--a triumph over the pain and deception that mark an alcoholic life. Praise for Drinking "Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . [a] perceptive and revealing book." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery." -- The New York Times " Drinking not only describes triumph; it is one." -- Newsweek, Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life itself and how we learn to cope with it. It was love at first sight. The beads of moisture on a chilled bottle. The way the glasses clinked and the conversation flowed. Then it became obsession. The way she hid her bottles behind her lover's refrigerator. The way she slipped from the dinner table to the bathroom, from work to the bar. And then, like so many love stories, it fell apart. Drinking is Caroline Kapp's harrowing chronicle of her twenty-year love affair with alcohol. Caroline had her first drink at fourteen. She drank through her yeras at an Ivy League college, and through an award-winning career as an editor and columnist. Publicly she was a dutiful daughter, a sophisticated professional. Privately she was drinking herself into oblivion. This startlingly honest memoir lays bare the secrecy, family myths, and destructive relationships that go hand in hand with drinking. And it is, above all, a love story for our times--full of passion and heartbreak, betrayal and desire--a triumph over the pain and deception that mark an alcoholic life. Praise for Drinking "Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . a] perceptive and revealing book." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery." -- The New York Times " Drinking not only describes triumph; it is one." -- Newsweek
LC Classification NumberHV5293.K53A3 1996
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- 17. Aug. 2023
This is a book that will resonate with people struggling with an addiction to alcohol
The author has been very honest about her experience with alcohol addictionBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 25. Jan. 2016
Drinking-a love story.
I bought this book thinking I would learn about progression of the disease. Indeed this book addresses the progression, anxieties, and cover up attempts of the alcoholic. A very honest memoir.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 12. Okt. 2021
Incredible
She is super special, this book took me for a ride. Couldnt put it down. thanksBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 21. Jun. 2021
Great book
Still reading and her story like my ownBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Nov. 2020
Excellent book!
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- 11. Apr. 2018
All good very happy
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- 21. Jun. 2017
Great story
Every one has a story but this one is exceptional. Really got into it.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 16. Sep. 2017
Great story for AA's
Must readBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 06. Mai. 2020
informative
very helpfulBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 19. Mai. 2021
Comp..
compelling contentBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
