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Dry is a memoir written by American writer Augusten Burroughs. It describes the author's battle with alcoholism. Dry was written before Running with Scissors, but was published second.^[1]Dry reached number 24 on The New York TimesBest Seller list for Hardcover Nonfiction.^[2]

In DRY, the follow-up to his bestselling memoir RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, Burroughs is all grown up and working in the cutthroat world of advertising. Running with Scissors may be his better known memoir, but Dry is a more satisfying story. AudiobooksNow review by Nicole on 2008-07-28 22:08:39. While Running With Scissors was odd with plenty of humor, Dry tends to be a lot more serious. I learned a lot about alcoholism and the healing process that I have been able to apply to my own life. What follows is a memoir that's as moving as it is funny, as heartbreaking as it is true. Dry is the story of love, loss, and Starbucks as a Higher Power. Feb 01, 2005 Dry, A Memoir Augusten Burroughs St Martin's Press 175 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 272057, $24.95, 293 pp. Augusten is a young advertising copywriter who is also gay. In his biography, he walks the reader through the swamp of alcoholism leaving us both horrified and amused. And I'm lonely in some horribly deep way and for a flash of an instant, I can see just how.

Dry A Memoir By Augusten Burroughs

Although the memoir is based on actual events, the first pages include this author's note: 'This memoir is based on my experiences over a ten-year period. Names have been changed, characters combined, and events compressed. Certain episodes are imaginative re-creation, and those episodes are not intended to portray actual events.'^[3]

Synopsis[edit]

The first part of the memoir centers on Burroughs' intervention by his co-workers and boss as well as his time spent at a rehab facility that caters specifically to gay and lesbian patients. The second part of the novel deals with Burroughs' first bout with sobriety since leaving the rehab program. He meets a love interest at his group therapy sessions and takes in a fellow addict in recovery. Part II also shows the decline in health in Burroughs' ex-boyfriend and current friend, only named Pighead in the memoir. Pighead is living with HIV, and although healthy in the beginning of the book, he eventually succumbs to the effects of HIV. The death of his friend sends Burroughs into a relapse, including drinking, cocaine and crack. The memoir ends with Burroughs getting clean and helping another alcoholic friend of his through his recovery.

Characters[edit]

Augusten

Main character and author of the memoir.

Greer

Burroughs's co-worker and friend. Part of the intervention

Jim

Mortician. Burroughs's drinking buddy. Reappears in the end sober and in recovery as well.

Pighead

Burroughs's best friend and former love interest.

Foster

Burroughs's love interest in the memoir. They meet at group therapy for alcohol/drug addicts.

Hayden

Recovering addict who moves in with Burroughs midway through the memoir

Film adaptation[edit]

Burroughs is writing the script for a Showtime series based on the memoir. No release date has been announced.^[4]

References[edit]

1. ^Mcdonald, Natalie Hope (August 13, 2003). 'Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs'. Pop Matters.
2. ^'Hardcover Nonfiction'. The New York Times. July 6, 2003.
3. ^McElhatton, Heather (November 3, 2011). 'Truth vs. Fiction in Augusten Burroughs' memoir, 'Dry''. MPR. Retrieved May 12, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
4. ^Mitchell, Wendy (October 27, 2009). 'Augusten Burroughs plans new TV shows with CBS, Showtime'. Entertainment Weekly.

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