Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

What an incredible book!:

I read Running With Scissors and thought it was pretty good, but the author's apparent flippant attitude about his difficult life was a bit of a turn-off to me. As Dry makes clear, however, that 'flippant attitude' is probably how he survived his childhood. The writing style in Dry is different from Running With Scissors, which makes Dry a superior and more powerful novel. This book is moving, inspiring, and funny, and isn't it a wonderful experience when you find a book that makes you want to sit down and... more info

A Simply Wonderful Read:

Addiction is not funny. And recovery is not entertaining. Unless, that is, these subjects are in the hands of Augusten Burroughs. Then, it is not merely unexpectedly funny and entertaining but appropriately poignant and touching as well. In DRY, the follow-up to his bestselling memoir RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, Burroughs is all grown up and working in the cutthroat world of advertising. To cope with his high stress and demanding career, not to mention the issues and trauma surrounding his childhood, Burroughs... more info

Can Get In To The Heart Of It:

This was an easy book to get in to the heart of. Excellent style of writing. The author takes you through the painstaking journey of the different forms of abuse and how it drives the adult in to addictions that are so difficult to control. There are many books out on the market that deal with abuse, and yet only a few such as 'Dry','Running With Scissors' and Nightmares Echo' allow the reader to understand without to much of the physical look in to that side of their lives.

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