The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath

Leslie Jamison

544 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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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, liter...

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reflective 73%
informative 69%
challenging 60%
emotional 60%
hopeful 30%
dark 26%
inspiring 26%
sad 21%
tense 8%
adventurous 4%

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medium 45%
fast 4%

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