The Liberty Tree

Drunk to Sober: A Memoir

Suzanne Harrington (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2014 | Main
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-0-85789-943-9 (ISBN)

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Touching and brutally honest, The Liberty Tree is like nothing you have read before. It raises questions many of us will find difficult to answer, but it is ultimately life affirming in its humour, warmth and candour.

Suzanne Harrington did adult things long before she'd grown up - met Leo, married, had babies. She also partied, was homeless for a while, and drank herself to oblivion most nights. Waking to the wreckage of yet another lost weekend, she stopped drinking, and Leo, her companion and enabler, became a stranger. They separated. Freed from her demons, Suzanne embraced the world. Leo chose escape, and took his life. When they had grieved, and buried their father, Suzanne sat down to write for her children the story of Leo, and her journey to sobriety. Moving, compelling, disturbing and yet ultimately life-affirming, The Liberty Tree is a memoir of alcoholism, madness, survival and renewal.

Suzanne Harrington has at various points been a journalist, TEFL teacher, a dole claimer, a backpacker, a youth worker, a painter, a wardrobe assistant, a washer-upper, a pen pusher, a house cleaner, a comic bagger, a market stall holder and a cake maker. She is a columnist for the Irish Examiner and also writes for the Irish Independent, Irish Times and the Guardian. She lives in Brighton.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2014
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	222 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
Schlagworte	Englisch; Biografien/Erinnerungen
ISBN-10	0-85789-943-0 / 0857899430
ISBN-13	978-0-85789-943-9 / 9780857899439
Zustand	Neuware