The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath

by Leslie Jamison

Book Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this 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 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316259616
• ISBN13: 9780316259613
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"