Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp

Drinking: A Love Story

Caroline Knapp

304 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as “liquid armor,” a way to protect themselves against the diffi...

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Moods

reflective 80%
emotional 70%
informative 61%
hopeful 51%
dark 48%
inspiring 45%
sad 35%
challenging 32%
tense 9%
funny 3%
lighthearted 3%

Pace

medium 58%
slow 22%
fast 19%

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3.97

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