| Description |
534 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-520) and index. |
| Summary |
With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction--both her own and others'--and examines what we want these stories to do, and what happens when they fail us. All the while, she offers a fascinating look at the larger history of the recovery movement, and at the literary and artistic geniuses whose lives and works were shaped by alcoholism and substance dependence, including John Berryman, Jean Rhys, Raymond Carver, Billie Holiday, David Foster Wallace, and Denis Johnson, as well as brilliant figures lost to obscurity but newly illuminated here. |
| Subject |
Addicts -- Rehabilitation.
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Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
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Recovering addicts -- Case studies.
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Recovering alcoholics -- Case studies.
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| ISBN |
9780316259613 |
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