Dry

A Memoir

audio cd

English language

Published June 1, 2003 by Audio Renaissance.

ISBN:
978-1-55927-901-7
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Fans of Augusten Burroughs's darkly funny memoir Running with Scissors were left wondering at the end of that book what would become of young Augusten after his squalid and fascinating childhood ended. In Dry, we find that although adult Augusten is doing well professionally, earning a handsome living as an ad writer for a top New York agency, Burroughs's personal life is a disaster. His apartment is a sea of empty Dewar's bottles, he stays out all night boozing, and he dabs cologne on his tongue in an unsuccessful attempt to mask the stench of alcohol on his breath at work. When his employer insists he seek help, Burroughs ships out to Minnesota for detoxification, counseling, and amusingly told anecdotes about the use of stuffed animals in group therapy. But after a month of such treatment, he's back in Manhattan and tenuously sober. And while its one thing to lay …

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Subjects

  • New York
  • Personal Memoirs
  • Copy writers
  • United States
  • American Essays
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Unabridged Audio - Autobiography/Biography
  • Novelists, American
  • Audio Adult: Books On Tape
  • New York (State)
  • Literary
  • Biography & Autobiography / General
  • 20th century
  • Advertising agencies
  • Biography