{"product_id":"a-drinking-life","title":"A Drinking Life","description":"This bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is \"a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction\" (New York Times).\n\nAs 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.\n\nIn A Drinking Life, 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.\n\n\"Magnificent. A Drinking Life is about growing up and growing old, working and trying to work, within the culture of drink.\" --Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0316341029\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0316341029.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hamill, Pete\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41359349678138,"sku":"DBV.0316341029.G","price":4.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0316341029-0.jpg?v=1775759990","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-drinking-life","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}