What makes Knapp''s account fascinating is her ruthless dissection of a picture-perfect middle-class family, her candid analysis of her high functioning journalistic career, and a weird elegy for the 1980s.'
The late Carolyn Knapp, who dissected her alcoholism in DRINKING: A LOVE STORY (1996), here writes about her battles with anorexia. Beginning in college and continuing throughout her adulthood, Knapp talks frankly about her own behavior and also takes the occasion to muse about the cultural influences that can be destructive to women. She also ...
Carolyn Knapp's previous books have been about dogs, alcoholism, anorexia--all from her own very personal point of view. In this collection of essays--posthumously published a year after her premature death at age 42--Knapp revisits some of these preoccupations. But she widens her perspective, writing also about such topics as her love of solitude ...
Find out what thousands of Boston Phoenix readers already know: Alice K. (not her real initial) is the smartest, funniest, best friend you never had! Join her in this fresh and hilarious trek across the landmines of our confounding '90s as she searches for fulfillment amongst life's limitless colorful accesories.
First collected in 1892, these famous poems by Kipling portray the experiences of soldiers sent around the world to defend the British Empire--all for little pay and less appreciation. This edition features a new Introduction and Annotations by Andrew Lycett. Original.
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Kamil, Susan (Editorial Director) [Nicholas Christopher, John Lahr, Suzannah Lessard, Elizabeth McCracken, Caroline Knapp]
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: [The Dial Pres] [1995]
Date Published: 1995
Description: Very Good. First edition. "Advance Reading Copy from Uncorrected Proofs" in green printed wrappers. Contains excerpts from forthcoming Dial Press titles. 168 pages. VG or better copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780385317016ISBN:0385317018
Description: New. At the age of 36, Caroline Knapp, author of the acclaimed bestseller Drinking: A Love Story, found herself confronted with a monumental task: redefining her world. She had faced the loss of both her parents, given up a twenty-year relationship with a... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dial Press
Date Published: 1996
Description: Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in deep green trade softcover binding. Contains excerps from Veronica, Light Fantastic, The Architect of Desire, The Giant's House, and Drinking: A Love Story. read more
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