Parched
Author: Heather King
One woman’s journey to the bottom of the bottle–and back.In this tragicomic memoir about alcoholism as spiritual thirst, Heather King–writer, lawyer, and National Public Radio commentator–describes her descent into the depths of addiction. Spanning a decades-long downward spiral, King’s harrowing story takes us from a small-town New England childhood to hitchhiking acro….Read More
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