Drinking : a love story
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York : Dial Press, 1996.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Jerome Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
PSYCH.RECOVERY 362 KNA
1 available
PSYCH.RECOVERY 362 KNA
1 available
Sedona Public Library - BIO - Biography Collection
BIOGRAPHY KNAPP, C.
1 available
BIOGRAPHY KNAPP, C.
1 available
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Published
New York : Dial Press, 1996.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"It happened this way: I fell in love and then, because the love was ruining everything I cared about, I had to fall out." So begins Drinking: A Love Story, journalist Caroline Knapp's brave and powerful memoir of her twenty years as a functioning alcoholic. Knapp writes that she loved liquor the way she loved bad men and, like all tragic love stories, hers is a tale of seduction and betrayal, a testament to the alluring but ultimately destructive powers of addiction. Fifteen million Americans a year are afflicted with the disease of alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Caroline Knapp, for example, started drinking at age fourteen. She drank through her years at an Ivy League college, through an award-winning career as a lifestyle editor and columnist. Publicly she was a dutiful daughter, attentive friend, sophisticated professional. Privately she was drinking herself into oblivion, trapped in love relationships that continued to undermine her self-esteem - until a series of personal crises forced her to confront and ultimately break free of the "liquid armor" she'd used to shield herself from the complicated battles of growing up. Caroline Knapp's ruthless self-examination, moral courage, and singular ability as a writer inform this remarkable memoir with many new insights about alcoholism, but more important, with many profound insights about life.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Knapp, C. (1996). Drinking: a love story . Dial Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Knapp, Caroline, 1959-2002. 1996. Drinking: A Love Story. Dial Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Knapp, Caroline, 1959-2002. Drinking: A Love Story Dial Press, 1996.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Knapp, Caroline. Drinking: A Love Story Dial Press, 1996.
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