The recovering: intoxication and its aftermath
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description
Presents an exploration of addiction that blends memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage to analyze the role of stories in conveying the addiction experience, sharing insights based on the lives of artists whose achievements were shaped by addiction.
"A transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, [this book] turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction--both her own and others'--and 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 history of the recovery movement, and at the complicated bearing that race and class have on our understanding of who is criminal and who is ill. At the heart of the book is Jamison's ongoing conversation with literary and artistic geniuses whose lives and works were shaped by alcoholism and substance dependence, including John Berryman, Jean Rhys, Billie Holiday, Raymond Carver, Denis Johnson, and David Foster Wallace, as well as brilliant lesser-known figures such as George Cain, lost to obscurity but newly illuminated here. Through its unvarnished relation of Jamison's own ordeals, The Recovering also becomes a book about a different kind of dependency: the way our desires can make us all, as she puts it, 'broken spigots of need.' It's about the particular loneliness of the human experience--the craving for love that both devours us and shapes who we are. For her striking language and piercing observations, Jamison has been compared to such iconic writers as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, yet her utterly singular voice also offers something new. With enormous empathy and wisdom, Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come."--Dust jacket.
"A transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, [this book] turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction--both her own and others'--and 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 history of the recovery movement, and at the complicated bearing that race and class have on our understanding of who is criminal and who is ill. At the heart of the book is Jamison's ongoing conversation with literary and artistic geniuses whose lives and works were shaped by alcoholism and substance dependence, including John Berryman, Jean Rhys, Billie Holiday, Raymond Carver, Denis Johnson, and David Foster Wallace, as well as brilliant lesser-known figures such as George Cain, lost to obscurity but newly illuminated here. Through its unvarnished relation of Jamison's own ordeals, The Recovering also becomes a book about a different kind of dependency: the way our desires can make us all, as she puts it, 'broken spigots of need.' It's about the particular loneliness of the human experience--the craving for love that both devours us and shapes who we are. For her striking language and piercing observations, Jamison has been compared to such iconic writers as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, yet her utterly singular voice also offers something new. With enormous empathy and wisdom, Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come."--Dust jacket.
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9780316259613
9781478903253
9780316259583
9781478903253
9780316259583
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 309b655c-fd35-53c2-d3a0-4f8d37467d86 |
---|---|
Grouping Title | recovering intoxication and its aftermath |
Grouping Author | leslie jamison |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-23 15:27:42PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-26 22:46:00PM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
auth_author2
Jamison, Leslie
author
Jamison, Leslie, 1983-
author2-role
Jamison, Leslie,reader
hoopla digital
hoopla digital
author_display
Jamison, Leslie
detailed_location_wa
Wallingford Adult Nonfiction
display_description
Presents an exploration of addiction that blends memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage to analyze the role of stories in conveying the addiction experience, sharing insights based on the lives of artists whose achievements were shaped by addiction.
"A transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, [this book] turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction--both her own and others'--and 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 history of the recovery movement, and at the complicated bearing that race and class have on our understanding of who is criminal and who is ill. At the heart of the book is Jamison's ongoing conversation with literary and artistic geniuses whose lives and works were shaped by alcoholism and substance dependence, including John Berryman, Jean Rhys, Billie Holiday, Raymond Carver, Denis Johnson, and David Foster Wallace, as well as brilliant lesser-known figures such as George Cain, lost to obscurity but newly illuminated here. Through its unvarnished relation of Jamison's own ordeals, The Recovering also becomes a book about a different kind of dependency: the way our desires can make us all, as she puts it, 'broken spigots of need.' It's about the particular loneliness of the human experience--the craving for love that both devours us and shapes who we are. For her striking language and piercing observations, Jamison has been compared to such iconic writers as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, yet her utterly singular voice also offers something new. With enormous empathy and wisdom, Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come."--Dust jacket.
format_category_wa
Audio Books
Books
eBook
Books
eBook
format_wa
Book
eAudiobook
eAudiobook
id
309b655c-fd35-53c2-d3a0-4f8d37467d86
isbn
9780316259583
9780316259613
9781478903253
9780316259613
9781478903253
itype_wa
ADULT BOOK
last_indexed
2024-04-27T04:46:00.982Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_wa
616.8603 JAMISON
owning_library_wa
Wallingford Public Library
owning_location_wa
Wallingford Public Library
primary_isbn
9780316259613
publishDate
2018
publisher
Hachette Audio
Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown and Company
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Addicts -- Rehabilitation
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation
Autobiography
Psychology, Pathological
Recovering addicts -- Case studies
Recovering alcoholics -- Case studies
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation
Autobiography
Psychology, Pathological
Recovering addicts -- Case studies
Recovering alcoholics -- Case studies
title_display
The recovering : intoxication and its aftermath
title_full
The Recovering : Intoxication and Its Aftermath [electronic resource] / Leslie Jamison
The recovering : intoxication and its aftermath / Leslie Jamison
The recovering : intoxication and its aftermath / Leslie Jamison
title_short
The recovering
title_sub
intoxication and its aftermath
topic_facet
Addicts
Alcoholics
Autobiography
Psychology, Pathological
Recovering addicts
Recovering alcoholics
Rehabilitation
Alcoholics
Autobiography
Psychology, Pathological
Recovering addicts
Recovering alcoholics
Rehabilitation
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT16000147 | Online Hoopla Collection | Online Hoopla | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 1 | false | true | Hoopla | https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/16000147?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 | Available Online | |||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61025537 | East Hampton Adult Nonfiction | 616.86 JAM | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | ehan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61139701 | Ledyard/Bill Nonfiction | 616.8603 Jam | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | lban | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61010261 | North Branford/Smith Adult Nonfiction | 362.292 Jamison | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | ntan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61290622 | Hamden/Miller Adult Nonfiction 3rd Floor | 616.86/JAM | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | hmanb | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61099867 | Durham Adult Non-Fiction | 616.8603 JAMISON | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | duan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61026797 | Meriden Adult Non-Fiction | 616.86 JA | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | mean | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i60914828 | Branford/Blackstone Adult Nonfiction | 616.83 JAM | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | bran | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61028265 | East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction | 362.292 Jamison | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | elan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i62964483 | Mitchell College Book Stacks | HV4998 .J36 2018 | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | mcg | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61771405 | New London Adult Non Fiction | 616.86 JAM | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | nlan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61110826 | Madison/Scranton Adult Nonfiction | 616.8603 JAMISON | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | maan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61034617 | Woodbridge Adult NF 600-699 | 616.86/JAM | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | wdan6 | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61162656 | Guilford Adult Non-Fiction | 616.86 JAMISON | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | guan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61121496 | Orange/Case Adult Nonfiction Book | 616.86 Jamison | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | oran | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61101692 | Old Lyme A Non-Fiction 300 | 362.2928 JAM | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | olan3 | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i60747626 | Norwich/Otis Adult Nonfiction | 616.86 JAM | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | nwan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61186247 | Wallingford Adult Nonfiction | 616.8603 JAMISON | 1 | false | false | Due Apr 30, 2024 | waan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i63241031 | Essex Adult Nonfiction | (NEW) 362.8 JAM | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | exan | |||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i6098238x | North Haven Adult Nonfiction | 616.86 Jamison, Leslie | 1 | false | false | On Shelf | nhan |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT16000147 | eAudiobook | Audio Books | Unabridged | English | Hachette Audio | 2018 | 1 online resource (1 audio file (960 min.)) : digital. | |
ils:.b25662569 | Book | Books | First edition | English | Little, Brown and Company | 2018 | 534 pages ; 25 cm |
scoping_details_wa
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT16000147 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | false | false | false | false | ||||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61025537 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61139701 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61010261 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61290622 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61099867 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61026797 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i60914828 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61028265 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i62964483 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61771405 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61110826 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61034617 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61162656 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61121496 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61101692 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i60747626 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i61186247 | Checked Out | Checked Out | true | false | true | false | false | true | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i63241031 | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 | ||
ils:.b25662569 | .i6098238x | On Shelf | On Shelf | false | true | true | false | false | false | 9999 |