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Book Review of Dry

Dry
Dry
Author: Augusten Burroughs
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
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This is my first Augustin Burrough's book and I wasn't sure what to expect. I found this a very quick read and very engaging. Yet, this isn't your classic memoir of a person's downfall where you're watching the trainwreck of a human.

Burroughs is a real human and his writing that likens itself to his thought process and how you might just tell a friend a story over dinner. So it feels less like you're just watching someone's odd/terrible life and there are gems that shine through.

I'm not sure I would have been quite as interested in this if I wasn't in the behavioral health field myself, but what can I say? If it doesn't have drugs, prostitutes, or odd sexual behavior I'm not that interested in it. ;)