Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp

Drinking: A Love Story

Caroline Knapp

258 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 78%
emotional 70%
informative 59%
dark 48%
hopeful 48%
inspiring 43%
sad 37%
challenging 35%
tense 8%
funny 2%
lighthearted 2%

Pace

medium 59%
slow 21%
fast 18%

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3.98

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