"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Dry reached number 24 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Hardcover Nonfiction. Dry was written before Running with Scissors, but was published second. It describes the authors battle with alcoholism. Because when his thirty days are up, he has to return to his same drunken life - and live it sober. Dry is a memoir written by American writer Augusten Burroughs. But when Augusten is forced to examine himself, that's when he finds himself in the worst trouble of all. At the request (well, it wasn't really a request) of his employers, Augusten lands in rehab, where his dreams of group therapy with Robert Downey Jr are dashed by the grim reality of fluorescent lighting and paper hospital slippers. rating 236,561 Ratings Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, this is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. Ordinary.īut when the ordinary person had two drinks, Augusten had twelve when the ordinary person went home at midnight, Augusten never went home at all. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 3.67 avg. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on the underground, at restaurants: a twenty-something guy, nice suit, works in advertising. You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. Outrageously fuinny and scorchingly honest. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Augusten Burroughs's most provocative memoir.
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