{"product_id":"a-drinking-life-1","title":"A Drinking Life","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThis bestselling memoir from a seasoned New York City reporter is \"a vivid report of a journey to the edge of self-destruction\" \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e(New York Times).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn A Drinking Life, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42985573122128,"sku":"9780316341080B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-drinking-life-1","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}