Dry: A Memoir

Augusten Burroughs, the writer who memorialized his traumatic childhood in RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, returns to do the same with his alcoholism, which he tries to deal with by checking himself into a gay rehab clinic in Minnesota. Burroughs's memoir is a humorous account of that experience, and of his lifelong struggles with (and love for) the bottle.

"...Burroughs's story of getting dry will go straight to your bloodstream and leave you buzzing, exhilarated, and wiped out....Didn't think you'd ever feel even an ounce of sympathy for--let alone root for--a drunken adman, did you? Meet Mr. Burroughs." - (Kirkus, 4/15/03)

"Beneath the quick-flowing, funny-sad surface of Burroughs' prose lurks considerable complexity: wherever he goes, whatever he's doing, you can feel how badly he wants to drink--as well as the sadness from which that desire comes and the courage it takes to make the sadness so funny, all at the same time. If anything, DRY is even more compelling than Burroughs' first outing...." - Frank Henyey (Time, 5/26/03)

"With one well-received memoir already under his belt...Burroughs might seem to be pushing his luck in the self-revelation stakes, but he succeeds in coming through with an enjoyable Volume 2 of his life chronicles....DRY, an unassuming 'small' book, delivers [a] wrenching, edifying journey..., with the added benefit of being really entertaining." - Lis Clegg (New York Times Book Review, 6/8/03)

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