A Love Story is the description of the author's ordeal with alcoholism and her decision to quit drinking. She reflects on the familial pattern of this disease and the maddening, uncontrollable situations alcoholism puts her in. Her book offers a
thorough look into the alcoholic disease process. After reading this book, you may look at drinking and people who drink, in a different light. She began the book asking herself how she became an alcoholic. Was it a result of upbringing? She looked back on her early years, "Hometown: Cambridge, Massachusetts, backyard of Harvard University. Education: Brown University, class of '81, magna cum laude. Parents: esteemed psychoanalyst (dad) and artist (mom), both devoted and insightful and keenly intelligent." (Knapp, 7-8)
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