The Recovering Lib/E: Intoxication and Its Aftermath

Author:   Leslie Jamison
Publisher:   Hachette Book Group
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9781549171987


Publication Date:   03 April 2018
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams, a transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction 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. For the power of her striking language and the sharpness of her piercing observations, Jamison has been compared to such iconic writers as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag. Yet her utterly singular voice also offers something new. With enormous empathy and wisdom, Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come.

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Author:   Leslie Jamison
Publisher:   Hachette Book Group
Imprint:   Hachette Book Group
Edition:   Library Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   1.293kg
ISBN:  

9781549171987


ISBN 10:   1549171984
Publication Date:   03 April 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Smart, introspective, and honest; a deeply human book that sheds light on something often kept in the dark. -- Shondaland The crawl back up to sobriety is as engrossing as the downward spiral in this unsparing and luminous autobiographical study...The dark humor, evocative prose, and clear-eyed, heartfelt insights Jamison deploys here only underscore her reputation as a writer of fearsome talent. -- Publishers Weekly Uninterested in telling her own story as if it occurs in a vacuum, [Jamison] draws together several others', as well as their contributing social forces...The result is a staggering investigation into cultural assumptions about addicts and a necessary critique of a literary scene that idolizes the drunken genius. -- Shelf Awareness Using a blend of memoir, investigative reporting, and literary criticism, Jamison deftly tells a new narrative about recovery, the history of recovery, the criminalization of addiction, and more. -- BookRiot [Jamison] takes her blend of the personal, reportorial, and scholarly to expansive new lengths and depths with a discursive examination of addictions...Her case studies, as well as the power of addiction as metaphor, that really make it stand out. -- Vulture Jamison tells the story of use and misuse, of falling apart and putting herself back together...She tells my story and the story of so many others who have found themselves compelled to use substances as a salve and found they couldn't stop. -- Bitch magazine This is a poignant, heartfelt, deeply brave masterpiece that opens up an important conversation, and Jamison writes so eloquently about such a difficult topic. -- BuzzFeed 'Reason for addiction: To avoid monotony of living, ' reads the intake form of a man named Robert Burnes, at one time a patient at the Narcotics Farm in Lexington, Kentucky...Burnes' presence highlights one of the brilliant, and unexpected, moves in The Recovering: Jamison's decision to make room for other voices, other experiences. -- Los Angeles Times Part memoir and part reportage, this fascinating book... breaks down how society has long romanticized both addiction and sobriety. -- Real Simple Jamison['s] new book, which blends her memoir of recovery with cultural history, can only add to her growing literary reputation. -- Boston Globe Taking a different approach to well-worn territory, Jamison looks at the ongoing struggle that comes after one hits rock bottom. -- Esquire There's something profound at work here, a truth about how we grow into ourselves that rings achingly wise and burrows painfully deep. -- Entertainment Weekly Wholly original...By the end of this wonderful book, we discover that the author has indeed become someone different: She's sober, successful, and happy. -- USA Today (3 1/2 out of 4 stars) Jamison writes plainly but vividly, again, about pain and redemption. -- Vogue Instead of solving the mystery of why she drank, she does something worthier, digging underneath the big emptiness that lives inside every addict to find something profound. -- Time This book is a beautiful mess and well worth reading. -- Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author An honest and important book...Vivid writing and required reading. -- Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamison easily captures the intimate feel of her writing style...[and] enmeshes listeners in her early adulthood and the endless forms of agonizing pain-and blissful pleasure-that she experienced via drugs and alcohol...It's doubtful that another narrator could have engaged listeners so deeply in such a difficult and timeless issue. -- Publishers Weekly (audio review)


Smart, introspective, and honest; a deeply human book that sheds light on something often kept in the dark. -- Shondaland Uninterested in telling her own story as if it occurs in a vacuum, [Jamison] draws together several others', as well as their contributing social forces...The result is a staggering investigation into cultural assumptions about addicts and a necessary critique of a literary scene that idolizes the drunken genius. -- Shelf Awareness Jamison tells the story of use and misuse, of falling apart and putting herself back together...She tells my story and the story of so many others who have found themselves compelled to use substances as a salve and found they couldn't stop. -- Bitch magazine This is a poignant, heartfelt, deeply brave masterpiece that opens up an important conversation, and Jamison writes so eloquently about such a difficult topic. -- BuzzFeed Part memoir and part reportage, this fascinating book... breaks down how society has long romanticized both addiction and sobriety. -- Real Simple Taking a different approach to well-worn territory, Jamison looks at the ongoing struggle that comes after one hits rock bottom. -- Esquire Wholly original...By the end of this wonderful book, we discover that the author has indeed become someone different: She's sober, successful, and happy. -- USA Today (3 1/2 out of 4 stars) Instead of solving the mystery of why she drank, she does something worthier, digging underneath the big emptiness that lives inside every addict to find something profound. -- Time An honest and important book...Vivid writing and required reading. -- Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamison easily captures the intimate feel of her writing style...[and] enmeshes listeners in her early adulthood and the endless forms of agonizing pain-and blissful pleasure-that she experienced via drugs and alcohol...It's doubtful that another narrator could have engaged listeners so deeply in such a difficult and timeless issue. -- Publishers Weekly (audio review) The crawl back up to sobriety is as engrossing as the downward spiral in this unsparing and luminous autobiographical study...The dark humor, evocative prose, and clear-eyed, heartfelt insights Jamison deploys here only underscore her reputation as a writer of fearsome talent. -- Publishers Weekly Using a blend of memoir, investigative reporting, and literary criticism, Jamison deftly tells a new narrative about recovery, the history of recovery, the criminalization of addiction, and more. -- BookRiot [Jamison] takes her blend of the personal, reportorial, and scholarly to expansive new lengths and depths with a discursive examination of addictions...Her case studies, as well as the power of addiction as metaphor, that really make it stand out. -- Vulture 'Reason for addiction: To avoid monotony of living, ' reads the intake form of a man named Robert Burnes, at one time a patient at the Narcotics Farm in Lexington, Kentucky...Burnes' presence highlights one of the brilliant, and unexpected, moves in The Recovering: Jamison's decision to make room for other voices, other experiences. -- Los Angeles Times Jamison['s] new book, which blends her memoir of recovery with cultural history, can only add to her growing literary reputation. -- Boston Globe There's something profound at work here, a truth about how we grow into ourselves that rings achingly wise and burrows painfully deep. -- Entertainment Weekly Jamison writes plainly but vividly, again, about pain and redemption. -- Vogue This book is a beautiful mess and well worth reading. -- Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author


Smart, introspective, and honest; a deeply human book that sheds light on something often kept in the dark. -- Shondaland The crawl back up to sobriety is as engrossing as the downward spiral in this unsparing and luminous autobiographical study...The dark humor, evocative prose, and clear-eyed, heartfelt insights Jamison deploys here only underscore her reputation as a writer of fearsome talent. -- Publishers Weekly Uninterested in telling her own story as if it occurs in a vacuum, [Jamison] draws together several others', as well as their contributing social forces...The result is a staggering investigation into cultural assumptions about addicts and a necessary critique of a literary scene that idolizes the drunken genius. -- Shelf Awareness Using a blend of memoir, investigative reporting, and literary criticism, Jamison deftly tells a new narrative about recovery, the history of recovery, the criminalization of addiction, and more. -- BookRiot [Jamison] takes her blend of the personal, reportorial, and scholarly to expansive new lengths and depths with a discursive examination of addictions...Her case studies, as well as the power of addiction as metaphor, that really make it stand out. -- Vulture 'Reason for addiction: To avoid monotony of living, ' reads the intake form of a man named Robert Burnes, at one time a patient at the Narcotics Farm in Lexington, Kentucky...Burnes' presence highlights one of the brilliant, and unexpected, moves in The Recovering: Jamison's decision to make room for other voices, other experiences. -- Los Angeles Times Jamison['s] new book, which blends her memoir of recovery with cultural history, can only add to her growing literary reputation. -- Boston Globe Wholly original...By the end of this wonderful book, we discover that the author has indeed become someone different: She's sober, successful, and happy. -- USA Today (3 1/2 out of 4 stars) Instead of solving the mystery of why she drank, she does something worthier, digging underneath the big emptiness that lives inside every addict to find something profound. -- Time An honest and important book...Vivid writing and required reading. -- Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jamison tells the story of use and misuse, of falling apart and putting herself back together...She tells my story and the story of so many others who have found themselves compelled to use substances as a salve and found they couldn't stop. -- Bitch magazine This is a poignant, heartfelt, deeply brave masterpiece that opens up an important conversation, and Jamison writes so eloquently about such a difficult topic. -- BuzzFeed Part memoir and part reportage, this fascinating book... breaks down how society has long romanticized both addiction and sobriety. -- Real Simple Taking a different approach to well-worn territory, Jamison looks at the ongoing struggle that comes after one hits rock bottom. -- Esquire There's something profound at work here, a truth about how we grow into ourselves that rings achingly wise and burrows painfully deep. -- Entertainment Weekly Jamison writes plainly but vividly, again, about pain and redemption. -- Vogue This book is a beautiful mess and well worth reading. -- Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author Jamison easily captures the intimate feel of her writing style...[and] enmeshes listeners in her early adulthood and the endless forms of agonizing pain-and blissful pleasure-that she experienced via drugs and alcohol...It's doubtful that another narrator could have engaged listeners so deeply in such a difficult and timeless issue. -- Publishers Weekly (audio review)


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Leslie Jamison is a New York Times bestselling author who has been published in the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Harper's, and the Oxford American. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn with her family.

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