{"product_id":"drinking-a-love-story","title":"Drinking: A Love Story","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Flap\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFifteen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrologue -- 1. Love -- 2. Double Life I -- 3. Destiny -- 4. Hunger -- 5. In Vodka Veritas -- 6. Sex -- 7. Drinking Alone -- 8. Addiction -- 9. Substitution -- 10. Denial -- 11. Giving Over -- 12. A Glimpse -- 13. Double Life II -- 14. Hitting Bottom -- 15. Help -- 16. Healing -- Appendix A. Source Notes -- Appendix B. Where to Get Help -- About the Author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . [a] perceptive and revealing book.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eDrinking\u003c\/i\u003e not only describes triumph; it is one.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCaroline Knapp was a contributor at \n\u003ci\u003eNew Woman \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and a regular columnist at \n\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous international magazines. She is also the author of \n\u003ci\u003eAlice K's Guide to Life\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePack of Two\u003c\/i\u003e. Caroline Knapp died in 2002 at the age of 42. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Times bestseller Author of Pack of Two\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFifteen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFifteen 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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. \n\u003ci\u003eDrinking\u003c\/i\u003e is Caroline Kapp's harrowing chronicle of her twenty-year love affair with alcohol. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaroline 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDrinking\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Quietly moving . . . Caroline Knapp dazzles us with her heady description of alcohol's allure and its devastating hold.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Filled with hard-won wisdom . . . [a] perceptive and revealing book.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Eloquent . . . a remarkable exercise in self-discovery.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eDrinking\u003c\/i\u003e not only describes triumph; it is one.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/08\/1997 pg. 32 (EAN 9780385315548, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/15\/2004 pg. 225 (EAN 9780385315548, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/05\/1997 (EAN 9780385315548, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/06\/2015 pg. 72 (EAN 9780385315548, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/25\/1996 pg. 68 (EAN 9780385315517, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/15\/1996 pg. 132 (EAN 9780385315517, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/02\/1996 pg. 34 (EAN 9780385315517, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/15\/1996 pg. 578 (EAN 9780385315517, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/1996 pg. 1476 (EAN 9780385315517, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 07\/01\/1996 pg. 141 (EAN 9780385315517, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Knapp, Caroline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997-05-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Self-Help \/ Substance Abuse \u0026amp; Addictions \/ Alcohol|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography \/ Women|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography \/ Memoirs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Knapp, Caroline|Alcoholics|United States|Recovering alcoholics|Alcoholism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385315548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780385315548\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52371680002329,"sku":"SP-9780385315548","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780385315548_spiral.png?v=1778434754","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/drinking-a-love-story","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}