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Dry

A Memoir

By Augusten Burroughs

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| Paperback | 9780312423797

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Book Description

From the bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Dry-the hilarious, moving, and no less bizarre account of what happened next You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the subway, at restaurants: a twenty-something guy, nice suit, woContinue

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Dry By Augusten Burroughs

There was a time when the art of memoir-writing was generally relegated to the rich, famous and powerful. Not so nowadays, when complete unknowns if their tales of dysfunction or triumph over challenges are resonant enough get published fairly readil ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

Dry: A Memoir By Augusten Burroughs

In this much-anticipated follow-up to the best-selling memoir Running with Scissors, Burroughs tells the rest of his controversial story. As a successful 20-something ad writer in New York, Burroughs flourishes financially, but there's no denying his ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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Dry

I've found that this author's memoirs have real staying power. I believe it's because he writes with such immediacy, the reader is right there with him both when he has his epiphanies and when he has his setbacks.

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