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"Drinking" follows Caroline Knapp through her struggle with alcohol, from the first drinks of her younger years to meeting in a church basement. Knapp is painfully honest throughout, which offers the reader a fresh look inside an alcoholic mind.
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Plot & Themes

Phys disability/mental struggle?    -   Yes Struggle with    -   alcohol Period of greatest activity?    -   1950+

Subject of Biography

Gender    -   Female Profession/status:    -   writer Ethnicity    -   White Nationality    -   American

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   6 () United States    -   Yes Century:    -   1980's-Present

Writing Style

Book makes you feel?    -   thoughtful    -   like laughing Pictures/Illustrations?    -   None How much dialogue in bio?    -   significantly more descript than dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?    -   0-25% of book

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