Martha Grimes,Ken Grimes
From the opening paragraphs of ,Double Double,:,â€œWe were sitting in a coffee shop talking, looking at the view of downtown Charlottesville, Virginia. This was ten years ago, and we had both been off alcohol for more than a decade. We were disagreeing about the best way to stay sober, when my mother said, â€œI think we should write a book about alcoholism.â€,I sat back. â€˜We?â€™,â€˜Both of us. Two points of view.â€™ â€,To the final page of this dual memoir, Martha and Ken Grimes keep the reader entertained and informed.,Double Double, is a unique and honest, dual memoir of alcoholism, a disease that affects nearly 45 million Americans each year. People who suffer from alcoholism as well as their families and friends know that while it is possible to get soberâ€”there is no one â€œrightâ€ way to do this. Now, award-winning mystery writer Martha Grimes and her son, Ken Grimes, offer two points of view on their struggles with alcoholism. In alternating chapters, they share their storiesâ€”stories of drinking, recovery, relapse, friendship, travel, work, success and failure.,Double Double, is an intensely personal, candid and illuminating book, filled with insights, humor, a little self-deprecation, and a lot of self-evaluation.
Autobiography,Memoir,Nonfiction,Biography,Social Science,Social Work,Health,Mental Health,Food and Drink,Alcohol
Double Double: A Dual Memoir of Alcoholism