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Dry by Burroughs, Augusten (2004) Hardcover
Augusten Burroughs Price: LE 41
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You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs: You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the train, at restaurants: a twenty-something 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 aftershave 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 the grim reality of paper hospital slippers. But when he 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 mo |
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Language: English Hardcover: 296 pages Publisher: Atlantic Books (2004) ISBN-10: 184354184X ISBN-13: 9781843541844
Genre: Biography Size: 14.2 cm x 21.8 cm Shipping Weight: 110 grams Condition: Good
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