My fair junkie : a memoir of getting dirty and staying clean
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2017.
ISBN
9780316430951, 0316430951, 9780316430937, 0316430935
Status
Description
Loading Description...
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
---|---|---|
Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books | BIO 362.29 DRESNER A. | On Shelf |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction | 362.29092 DRE | On Shelf |
Bensenville Community Public Library District - Nonfiction | 362.29092 DRE | On Shelf |
Cicero Public Library - Stacks | 362.29 DRE | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | 362.29 DRE | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780316430951, 0316430951, 9780316430937, 0316430935
Notes
General Note
Some copies: First trade paperback edition.
Description
"Growing up in Beverly Hills, Amy Dresner had it all: a top-notch private school education, the most expensive summer camps, and even a weekly clothing allowance. But at 24, she started dabbling in meth in San Francisco and unleashed a fiendish addiction monster. Soon, if you could snort it, smoke it, or have sex with, she did. Smart and charming, with Daddy's money to fall back on, she sort of managed to keep it all together. But on Christmas Eve 2011 all of that changed when, high on Oxycontin, she stupidly 'brandished' a bread knife on her husband and was promptly arrested for 'felony domestic violence with a deadly weapon.' Within months, she found herself in the psych ward--and then penniless, divorced, and looking at 240 hours of court-ordered community service. For two years, assigned to a Hollywood Boulevard "chain gang," she swept up syringes (and worse) as she bounced from rehabs to halfway houses, all while struggling with sobriety, sex addiction, and starting over in her forties. In the tradition of Orange Is the New Black and Jerry Stahl's Permanent Midnight, Amy Dresner's My Fair Junkie is an insightful, darkly funny, and shamelessly honest memoir of one woman's battle with all forms of addiction, hitting rock bottom, and forging a path to a life worth living.",--Amazon.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dresner, A. (2017). My fair junkie: a memoir of getting dirty and staying clean (First edition.). Hachette Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dresner, Amy. 2017. My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean. Hachette Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dresner, Amy. My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean Hachette Books, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dresner, Amy. My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean First edition., Hachette Books, 2017.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Loading Staff View.