THE RECOVERING

With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as elec trifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction--both her own and others'--a nd examines what we want these stories to do and what happens when they fail us. All the while, she offers a fascinating look at the larger ...[Read more]