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Double double : a dual memoir of alcoholism / Martha Grimes and Ken Grimes.
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- ISBN: 9781476724089 (hardcover) :
- ISBN: 9781476724102 (paperback)
- Physical Description: xxi, 213 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York ; Scribner, 2013.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 813.54 Grime | 31681002679900 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"The winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and her son present a dual account of their struggles with alcoholism and sobriety, a parallel journey marked by poignant episodes of relapse, travel and friendship. 35,000 first printing." - Baker & Taylor
The popular mystery writer and her son present a dual account of their struggles with alcoholism and sobriety, a parallel journey marked by poignant episodes of relapse, travel, and friendship. - Book News
In alternating chapters, bestselling mystery author Martha Grimes and her son Ken Grimes, a public relations professional, chronicle their highs and lows and their recoveries and relapses with humor and insight. While their journeys are very different--Martha Grimes began drinking as a young adult, and Ken Grimes began using alcohol and drugs in 9th grade--fortunately, they are both excellent writers. Their intertwining journeys take readers across decades and time zones in the US and Europe. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Simon and Schuster
From the opening paragraphs of Double Double:
âWe were sitting in a coffee shop talking, looking at the view of downtown Charlottesville, Virginia. This was ten years ago, and we had both been off alcohol for more than a decade. We were disagreeÂing about the best way to stay sober when my mother said, âI think we should write a book about alcoholism.â
âI sat back. âWe?â
ââBoth of us. Two points of view.ââ âfrom the Foreword
Double Double is a unique, dual memoir of alcoholism, a disease that affects nearly 45 million Americans each year. People who suffer from alcoholism as well as their families and friends know that while it is possible to get sober, there is no one ârightâ way to do this.
Now, award-winning mystery writer Martha Grimes and her son, Ken Grimes, offer two points of view on their struggles with alcoholism. In alternating chapters, they share their storiesâstories of drinking, recovery, relapse, friendship, travel, work, success, and failure.
For Martha, it was about drinking martinis at home, sometimes with friends, sometimes alone. For Ken, it was partying in bars and clubs. Each hit bottom. Martha spent time doing outpatient rehaÂbilitation, once in 1990 and again two years later. Ken began twelve-step recovery. This candid memoir describes how different both the disease and the recovery can look in two different peopleâeven two people who are mother and son.
Double Double is an intensely personal and illuminating book, filled with insights, humor, a little self-deprecation, and a lot of self-evaluation. Anyone who has faced alcoholism will identify with parts of this book. All readers will find these pages revealing, moving, and compelling.
