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“Laughter on the road to sobriety. Mr. Burroughs remains adept at mixing comedy and calamity.” ―Janet Maslin, The New York Times“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.” ―Lev Grossman, Time“More than a heartbreaking tale, it's a heroic one. As with its predecessor, we finish the book amazed not only that Burroughs can write so brilliantly, but that he's even alive.” ―People“A wrenching, edifying journey . . . with the added benefit of being really entertaining.” ―The New York Times Book Review“A deeper book than Scissors, revealing Burroughs to be a more accomplished writer, creating scenes of real power.” ―Deirdre Donahue, USA Today“Dry will make readers glad to have Augusten Burroughs in the world, and eager for more.” ―O Magazine“Augusten Burroughs is a wickedly good writer.... Dry is a great read. Grade: A.” ―Chicago Sun-Times“I haven't read anything this sharp, hip, or honest in my life. Count me as a lifelong fan of this courageous writer.” ―Elle

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About the Author

Augusten Burroughs is the author of Running with Scissors, Magical Thinking: True Stories, Possible Side Effects, A Wolf at the Table and You Better Not Cry. He is also the author of the novel Sellevision. The film version of Running with Scissors, directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, was released in October 2006 and starred Joseph Cross, Brian Cox, Annette Bening (nominated for a Golden Globe for her role), Alec Baldwin and Evan Rachel Wood. Augusten's writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers around the world including The New York Times and New York Magazine. Entertainment Weekly named him one of "The 25 Funniest People in America." He resides in New York City.

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Product details

Paperback: 336 pages

Publisher: Picador; 10th Anniversary edition (April 23, 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9781250034403

ISBN-13: 978-1250034403

ASIN: 125003440X

Product Dimensions:

5.5 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches

Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.5 out of 5 stars

669 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#17,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

This is most definitely not a "how to get sober" type book. The author did reportedly get sober at the end, the old fashioned way, by going to AA. if we can believe a word he says. Which I question. At any rate, this is a story of a very young man, early/mid 20's, allegedly making beaucoup bucks in advertising, but something is amiss as he regularly reports to work with the stench of alcohol oozing from his pores. His indulgent and very generous employer has an intervention and sends him to a 30 day inpatient program. Where he learns perhaps a thing or two and emerges "dry" but not sober for very long. He reportedly learns his real lesson after a close friend/previous lover dies, and Mr Burroughs nearly drinks himself to death in the aftermath. Then he stops drinking for good.Did any of it really happen?I couldn't recommend this to anyone in early or even sustained recovery. This belongs to the unfortunate class of pseudo memoirs .It is mostly about dysfunctional gay relationships.

About 50 pages into the book, Burroughs references a moment where he realizes giving his therapist a true statement will probably not go over well, so he says he does "what we do in advertising: I give her a weasel."I kind of felt like Burroughs gave us a weasel, and we fell for it.I can't put a finger on why I felt this: perhaps the whiz-banginess, or the uncannily-timed happening of events, or vignettes that were a little too precious, but it just felt like BS to me. And partway through I started to see some inconsistencies. For example, when Pighead is dying, Burroughs recalls a trip in Massachusets the previous fall, and Pighead says he would do anything to go back to it. Then, just a chapter or so later he references that drive to Massachusets "All those years ago".So...I went hunting and there is an enormous disclaimer at the beginning of the book that says, in so many words, that "names have been changed (unsurprising), characters have been combined (a little more surprising) stories have been embellished and in some cases just outright made up (wholly surprising)."Perhaps I'm just bitter because I worked on an MFA in creative non-fiction but there was an expectation then (20 years ago) that a memoir would be as honest as possible wherever possible, otherwise, it should not be called a memoir. I watched people I went to graduate school with write non fiction material and slave over facts and realities for many years (see Rebecca Skloot). So it just seems like, well, bs that someone cashes in on a memoir with a tiny disclaimer that it is not, in reality, true.To be fair, the book is a great and engaging read, just take it for what it is. Writers have been taken down for their stories being BS. I'm really surprised Burroughs escaped this.

I love Augusten Burroughs' books. He and his brother were raised in the most disturbing of households, yet their books are funny and make you identify with the author easily. If you have ever not understood the mentality of an addict, this story gets you in his head during his times of drinking and going dry and helps you understand exactly how he feels. I know have a grasp on how hard it is to be in crisis and feel a drink will so easily numb the pain of the moment. He writes in a way that makes you want to reach out and hug him, be his friend, and help keep him on the right path.

This is such a deep and telling story of the struggles of addiction. How he is able to tell even the darkest of moments and keep a sense of humor and lightness through it all just made this book so compelling. I couldn't put the book down, I had to know what happened next! From him teetering on the edge to return to drinking and suffering major loss. Every detail was just so raw you almost felt as though it were you in the story, feeling every up and down of the Rollercoaster of emotions. I could read it again and again!

Augusten writes fabulous books. Very informative, and laugh outloud funny, too. I save his books as they help me understand so much about life, and help me heal from the abuses that pile on. How to get through it all.All the ups and downs of a life fully lived, unfiltered, explored and analyzed. The whole family writes fantastic books.

Enjoyed reading his point of view. When he explained that drinking alcohol felt right, like his own physiology, I understood what he meant in a way I had not understood before. My experience with alcoholics is that they believe no one knows they stand before the rest of us inebriated. Glassy eyed and congenial to mask the intoxicating lunch break, then returning to work with more talent and knowledge than I could achieve and I am the sober one. Appreciated this memoir for giving me the side I was missing while trying to communicate with a functioning drunk.

As a sober alcoholic (34 yrs), I related to this book. It was funny and honest, and enjoyable; and I must say, tragic at the same time. Even non-alcoholics would relate to the situations, and probably would learn a lot about their friends and/or family members who have addiction problems, or maybe themselves. The book covered his struggles quite well, but it would have been nice to hear more about the author's self-revelations once he finally sobered up and stayed that way. At that point, the book ended.

I realised, after looking through my reading history, that I'd read two books by Augusten Burroughs, and so I decided to download some samples of other books of his. This was one sample, which I then bought in full.I really enjoyed reading this book. It's a story about a time in the author's advertising career, and his time in rehab for alcoholism.I suppose that if this sounds interesting to you, and you like his style, that you will also enjoy reading :)

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