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Parched: A Memoir

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Parched: A Memoir

One womanâ€™s journey to the bottom of the bottleâ€”and back.
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In this tragicomic memoir about alcoholism as spiritual thirst, Heather Kingâ€”writer, lawyer, and National Public Radio commentatorâ€”describes her descent into the depths of addiction. Spanning a decades-long downward spiral, Kingâ€™s harrowing story takes us from a small-town New England childhood to hitchhiking across the country to a cockroach-ridden â€œartistâ€™sâ€ loft in Boston. Waitressing at ever-shabbier restaurants, deriving what sustenance she could from books, she became a morning regular at a wet-brain-drunksâ€™ barâ€”and that was after graduating from law school.
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Saved by her family from the abyss, King finally realized that uniquely poetic, sensitive, and profound though she may have been, she was also a big-time mess. Casting her lot with the rest of humanity at last, she learned that suffering leads to redemption, that personal pain leads to compassion for others in pain, and, above all, that a sense of humor really, really helps.
Country USA
Brand BERKLEY
Manufacturer Berkley Pub Group
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451220066
ReleaseDate 2006-09-05

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