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Cracking Up: A Memoir

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Description:Think Augusten Burroughs hilarious recovery memoir, "Dry" blended with the classic "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest". Follow Grant through recovery from alcoholism amidst the twists and turns of side-splitting comedy in a rural old folks home in Indiana that doubles as a mental institution.Meet a host of unforgettable, quirky characters that help float Grant over the undertow of substance abuse, and its horrible consequences. Witness the rediscovery the meaning of life in this memoir entwined with comedy, drama and the affirmation of love and recovery.Following substance abuse's aftermath of destruction and despair, the central struggle for the main character is to fill the void left by the cessation of alcohol. The tension for resolution is driven by the alcohol related death of Grant's best friend and the nagging question, “if no addiction, then what?” Hilarity abounds as Grant seeks these answers from a cast of misfits who are his institutionalized patients.This memoir concludes with the answer, that the vacuum, the hole created by the removal of an abused substance, must be filled with "life". This is an excellent book of inspiration and consequence for anyone going though recovery, who knows someone going through recovery, or anyone who enjoys a rollicking adventure of comedy, tragedy, love, rebirth and life's lessons learned.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cracking Up: A Memoir. To get started finding Cracking Up: A Memoir, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 338

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 2012

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Description: Think Augusten Burroughs hilarious recovery memoir, "Dry" blended with the classic "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest". Follow Grant through recovery from alcoholism amidst the twists and turns of side-splitting comedy in a rural old folks home in Indiana that doubles as a mental institution.Meet a host of unforgettable, quirky characters that help float Grant over the undertow of substance abuse, and its horrible consequences. Witness the rediscovery the meaning of life in this memoir entwined with comedy, drama and the affirmation of love and recovery.Following substance abuse's aftermath of destruction and despair, the central struggle for the main character is to fill the void left by the cessation of alcohol. The tension for resolution is driven by the alcohol related death of Grant's best friend and the nagging question, “if no addiction, then what?” Hilarity abounds as Grant seeks these answers from a cast of misfits who are his institutionalized patients.This memoir concludes with the answer, that the vacuum, the hole created by the removal of an abused substance, must be filled with "life". This is an excellent book of inspiration and consequence for anyone going though recovery, who knows someone going through recovery, or anyone who enjoys a rollicking adventure of comedy, tragedy, love, rebirth and life's lessons learned.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cracking Up: A Memoir. To get started finding Cracking Up: A Memoir, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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