Dry: A Memoir

by Augusten Burroughs

ONE LINE SUMMARY: The author stops drinking.

At this point, it has become clear that Augusten Burroughs had a horrific childhood, and it has also become clear that I will read everything he has written and will ever write. In this memoir, Burroughs tracks his attempts to quit drinking while maintaining his advertising career and dealing with a sick friend.

Although I cried while I read this, there’s something ultimately uplifting and honest about Burroughs’s writing. He’s able to see the humor in his life where most people wouldn’t expect any, and he also doesn’t hesitate from showing himself fully, bad faults and all. He is a terrific writer.

Posted by: ssjane | December 24, 2005 | 11:03 pm
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