Nice Girl Like Me: A Story of the Seventies (Pavanne Books)

Boycott, Rosie

ISBN 10: 0330301039 / ISBN 13: 9780330301039

Edité par Pan, 1988

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR002737654

Quatrième de couverture: 'A beautiful, rigorous, and riveting memoir of her drinking years … this very human, very powerful confrontation with imperfection will mean a great deal to anyone who ever wished they could start again - which means everyone' Andrew O'Hagan
Rosie Boycott wasn't a typical 1960's Cheltenham Ladies College girl. By the age of 21 she had co-founded the feminist magazine Spare Rib and the feminist publishing house Virago, whilst experimenting with drugs, sex and booze. But she wanted more: more experience, more travel, more passion.
An epic motorcycle trip through Asia with her boyfriend John Steinbeck Jr. ended in a Thai jail. But drugs weren't her real problem. Alcohol was. Drinking seemed to defeat the demons in her psyche - until it became clear that drinking was her biggest demon of all. How had a nice country girl turned into a drunk?
Now a well-known journalist, ex-newspaper editor and chairman of the London Food Board, Rosie made it from the top to the bottom and back again. In this account of her life, she never shirks from the truth about herself - and in her honesty she gives hope to other women with addictions, addressing the hellish predicament of the alcoholic woman with passion and candour.
'Written with the pacy swing of intelligent literate journalism … fast and bizarre enough for topselling fiction, but there's the voyeur addition of knowing it's true' Guardian
'The story of growing up the hard way in an easy age, with a round-the-world ticket in one hand, a glass in the other, and fear and loathing down below' Sunday Times

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Nice Girl Like Me: A Story of the Seventies ...
Éditeur : Pan
Date d'édition : 1988
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair