{"product_id":"a-drinking-life-a-memoir-9780316341028","title":"A Drinking Life: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is \"a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory. \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Drinking Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Magnificent. \u003ci\u003eA Drinking Life\u003c\/i\u003e is about growing up and growing old, working and trying to work, within the culture of drink.\" --\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316341028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.56w x 0.76d","brand":"Pete Hamill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636223504540,"sku":"9780316341028","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_05768674-08c9-4941-a89e-4973f07b0c56.jpg?v=1603841302","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-drinking-life-a-memoir-9780316341028","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}