Tag: Alcoholism
Wishful Drinking
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/09/20/wishful-drinking/
Title: Wishful Drinking Author: Carrie Fisher Publisher: Simon & Schuster, December 2008 Summary: Typically, the children of movie stars and celebrities grow up with an unusual lifestyle; one that only you or I could hardly begin to imagine. Carrie Fisher, daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie...
The Poacher’s Son
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/08/17/the-poachers-son/
Title: The Poacher’s Son Author: Paul Doiron Publisher: St. Martin’s Minotaur, May 2010 Summary: Mike Bowditch is a game warden for the state of Maine. Perhaps he chose this career to make amends for his father’s criminal acts. His father, Jack, is a Vietnam vet...
The Weight of Silence
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/09/10/the-weight-of-silence/
Title: The Weight of Silence Author: Heather Gudenkauf Publisher: Mira, July 2009 Summary: Martin Gregory wakes one morning to find his seven year-old daughter, Petra, is missing. Although it appears that Petra left the house on her own accord, her parents are starting to panic....
American On Purpose
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/08/12/american-on-purpose/
Title: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot Author: Craig Ferguson Publisher: HarperCollins, September 2009 Summary: Craig Ferguson is the hilarious host of TV’s Late Late Show. Craig was born in Glasgow Scotland which he describes as “Detroit on acid” when he...
Dry
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/08/20/dry/
Title: Dry Author: Augusten Burroughs Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, June 2003 Summary: Augusten (author of Running with Scissors and A Wolf at the Table) continues his autobiographical work in Dry. Sadly I am not sure his story is all that unique in terms of...
The Prince of Frogtown
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/26/the-prince-of-frogtown/
Title: The Prince of Frogtown Author: Rick Bragg Summary: This is the final volume in Rick Bragg’s Americana Saga: All Over But the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man. Bragg finishes his collection of family stories with a tale about fathers and sons inspired by his...