A Drinking Life

This memoir tells the story of a man's journey to the brink of self-destruction through his relationship with alcohol. From his childhood during the Depression and World War II to later in his life when he left it behind, the author recounts how drinking became inseparable from life's rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Readers will be transported to an America that no longer exists through the nostalgic lens of a lifelong New Yorker.