A story that will never leave you

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	• Drinking: A Love Story Caroline Knapp Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1997 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 153 reviews view larger image
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R.I.P Caroline Knapp

CAROLINE KNAPP, who for 11 years worked for the Phoenix newspapers - first as a staff writer and editor, and then as a contributing columnist - died on Monday, June 3, from complications arising from lung cancer. She was 42.

As a writer, Caroline had a signature style. Her grace sometimes masked the broad stretch of her range. As a reporter, she was dogged and inventive - spending a day in a wheelchair, for example, to document how difficult it was for those with handicaps to navigate public transportation. And as an editor, she balanced exacting standards with a gift for nurture.

But it was as a columnist and a memoirist that she made her mark. She launched a feature called "Out There," which is now written by several contributors, but which in her time at the Phoenix was her special preserve. Whether she was writing about politics, feminism, or the perilous state of modern relationships, the tone was unmistakably her own. Reserved in person, she was ruthlessly self-revelatory at the keyboard. The common denominator of her private and public selves was her wry sense of humor.

Long-time readers will certainly remember the dozens of columns she wrote chronicling the social misadventures of her alter ego, "Alice K. (not her real initial)." What began as a parody of daily-newspaper lifestyle reporting developed a life of its own over time. The Alice K. chronicles could be seen as an extension of the impulse that animated Armistead Maupin to write his San Francisco-based series Tales of the City. Alice K., in her own way, also presaged Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City. Whenever Alice K. appeared in the paper, dozens of letters from readers would follow. They were almost always evenly split between men and women, and just as evenly divided between those who thought that Alice, and by extension Caroline, should get a life, and those who identified with the anti-heroine's travails. Those columns were later collected in slightly different form in Caroline's first book, Alice K.'s Guide to Life (Plume, 1994).

Her second book, Drinking: A Love Story (Dial, 1996), about her struggle to come to terms with alcoholism, made her national reputation. Her second bestseller, Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs (Dial, 1998), solidified her standing as a writer of distinction. Ostensibly a book about dogs, it is, like so much of Caroline's work, at heart about love and relationships. Just before she died, she finished her latest work, a book about women's appetites for, among other things, life, love, food, and sex.

Among Caroline's most moving pieces were her columns about the deaths of her mother and father, who died a year apart from each other, also from cancer. To those who knew Caroline, it was a wrenching reminder of how cruel life could be.

Caroline died at Mount Auburn Hospital, where she was closely attended during the days before her death by her family, her friend and companion of many years, photographer Mark Morelli, and her dog, Lucille. Caroline and Mark were married in May, a few weeks after she was diagnosed

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My bible for a moment

In another time I bought this book to try and understand alcoholism. My first husband suffered greatly from alcoholism. This book gave me a tiny snapshot of what might be going on in his life. Reading this book gave me the power to begin to heal and more importan to begin to forgive - the first part of healing.

I have bought at least 6 copies of this book and passed it on to loved ones and aquaintances and people I have only met briefly who struggled with not knowing how to cope with a loved ones alcoholism.

Caroline Knapp passed away 5 years ago from cancer. I openly wept even though I never knew her. She helped me. I hope she helps you too.

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A story that will never leave you

I read this book in 2000 as part of a symposium in my freshman year at college. i think it had a great impact on everyone in our class that year. it certainly did for me and it was a great time in my life to have read a book like this. This is a beautiful description of an alcoholic's life that i think is relevant to anyone who is or knows someone with an addiction. it will change that way you understand the power of addiction.
i lost my original copy of the book and have been searching for it again for months now. i had no idea that she had died but god bless her for leaving us with this book!

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AMAZING!!!

Words can't even express how grateful I am to Caroline Knapp for writing this book. I've never seen my own thoughts and emotions over alcohol put into words and expressed so freely. I never really thought about my inner monologue before, or how I rationalize my drinking and subconsciously always make sure it is available. I've been seeing a counselor and have tried several times in the past to quit drinking. I don't think I had the strength to do so 100% until after I read this. I honestly feel like she followed me around w/ a video camera and electrodes hooked up to my brain to read my thoughts for the past 15 years! It allowed me to take a good look at myself and truly be honest with myself about my drinking and beahviors. This book was so powerful to me, and I urge any woman who is struggling w/ their own alcohol addictions to read it. You'll realize you're not alone!

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