Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs HARDCOVER LIKE NEW

About this product Product Information 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. Book Title Dry : a Memoir First edition First Printing Author Augusten X. Burroughs Binding: Hardcover Language English Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 0.94 x 8 inches Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Publication date: 2003 ISBN 13: 9780312272050 ISBN 10: 0312272057 PAGES: 293 eBay Product ID (ePID) 2199529 DUST JACKET Included. Very Good Condition Topic Personal Memoirs, Literary, Business Writing, Customs & Traditions, Advertising & Promotion Genre Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, Social Science CONDITION: VERY GOOD. TEXT CLEAN AND UNMARKED. BINDING TIGHT. BOARDS HAVE VERY LIGHT WEAR. FORE-EDGE, HEAD AND FOOT OF BOOK HAVE VERY LIGHT WEAR SHIPPING: VIA USPS MEDIA MAIL