Note Found in a Bottle: MY LIFE AN A DRINKER A MEMOIR: My Life as a Drinker (Wsp Readers Club) - Softcover

Cheever, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671040731 ISBN 13: 9780671040734

Publisher: Washington Square Press, 2000

Synopsis

Born into a world ruled and defined by the cocktail hour, in which the solution to any problem could be found in a dry martini or another glass of wine, Susan Cheever led a life both charmed and damned. She and her father, the celebrated writer John Cheever, were deeply affected and troubled by alcohol.
Addressing for the first time the profound effects that alcohol had on her life, in shaping of her relationships with men and in influencing her as a writer, Susan Cheever delivers an elegant memoir of clear-eyed candor and unsettling immediacy. She tells of her childhood obsession with the niceties of cocktails and all that they implied -- sociability, sophistication, status; of college days spent drinking beer and cheap wine; of her three failed marriages, in which alcohol was the inescapable component, of a way of life that brought her perilously close to the edge.
At once devastating and inspiring, Note Found in a Bottle offers a startlingly intimate portrait of the alcoholic's life -- and of the corageous journey to recovery.

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About the Author

Susan Cheever is the bestselling author of thirteen previous books, including five novels and the memoirs Note Found in a Bottle and Home Before Dark. Her work has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Boston Globe Winship Medal. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a member of the Corporation of Yaddo, and a member of the Author's Guild Council. She teaches in the Bennington College M.F.A. program. She lives in New York City with her family.

From the Back Cover

Born into a world ruled and defined by the cocktail hour, in which the solution to any problem could be found in a dry martini or another glass of wine, Susan Cheever led a life both charmed and damned. She and her celebrated father, John Cheever, were deeply affected and troubled by alcohol.

Addressing for the first time the profound effects that drinking had on her life, in shaping her relationships with men and in influencing her as a writer, Susan Cheever delivers an elegant memoir of clear-eyed candor and unsettling immediacy. She tells of her childhood obsession with the niceties of cocktails and all that they implied -- sociability, sophistication, status; of college days spent drinking beer and cheap wine; of her three failed marriages, in which alcohol was the inescapable component; of a way of life that brought her perilously close to the edge.

At once devastating and inspiring, NOTE FOUND IN A BOTTLE offers a startlingly intimate portrait of the alcoholic life -- and of the courageous journey to recovery.

Edition details

• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671040731
• ISBN 13: 9780671040734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208