A review by blankcrayon
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

I struggle sometimes with rating memoirs, because it’s someone’s life story and they have a lot invested in it. With this book, it felt like there were three books being written at the same time, which I didn’t care for. I could’ve done without the dissertation on literary figures and their alcoholism/recovery, and think the book would feel less discounted just as a personal memoir and reflection on AA.
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