More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743223314 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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For all of her professional success, Wurtzel felt like a failure. Elizabeth Wurtzel published her memoir of depression, Prozac Nation, to astonishing literary acclaim. For all of my life I have needed moreMore, Now, Again is the brutally honest, often painful account of Wurtzel's descent into drug addiction. It is also a love story: How Wurtzel managed to break free of her relationship with Ritalin and learned to love life, and herself, is at the heart of this ultimately uplifting memoir that no reader will soon forget.. The Ritalin worked. She had lost friends and lovers, every magazine job she'd held, and way too much weight. I always need more. The pills became her sugarthe sweetness in the days that have none. Soon she began grinding up the Ritalin and snorting it. And worked. Then came the cocaine, then more Ritalin, then more cocaine. But when her doctor prescribed Ritalin to help her focus-and boost the effects of her antidepressants -- Wurtzel was spared. A cultural phenomenon by age twenty-six, she had fame, money, respecteverything she had always wanted except that one, true thing: happiness. She couldn't write, and her second book was past due. Then I need more
More, Now, Again has scant chances of reaching new readers it just doesn't have the depth and insight of other works on addiction.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Hardcore Wurtzel fans may find much to enjoy here, but the book's lack of depth and originality will check all but the most devoted. 17)Forecast: The toned-down and boring jacket (compared with those of Wurtzel's previous books) and her lackluster writing won't do much for sales. It's the basics: I can write a whole book, but I cannot handle the basics." Yet she fills this work with nothing but mere basics, like which cereals she eats, how she feels about television and how tough she finds life on a book tour. From Publishers Weekly In her second book, Bitch, a d
A Portrait Of Addiction Annie Some people hated Prozac Nation because they found Wurtzel to be whiny. Those same people absolutely loathed Wurtzel for the same reason. I, however, beg to differ. Prozac Nation was an accurate picture of living inside the head of someone with chronic and debilitating depression. More, Now, Again is the accurate picture of living inside an addict's head. Wurtzel spares no detail, no matter how small or awful. She emerges (again) as the villain in her own story, and I think that's where people fail to see the beauty in Wurtzel's writing. Anyone can paint themselves as a hero or a victim and still be likable. TRUST ME -- the book is EXCELLENT Cornflake Girl What prompted me to write a review for this book was how much I love it, and how many bad reviews its gotten. People say Wurtzel is selfish, narcissistic, self-centered, and completely focused only on herself and her own life. YES folks, it's a memoir about HER life and HER drug addiction. What people don't understand is that depression and addiction are two VERY self-centering things. Depression is, in its nature, the inability to get out of onesself in order to exist in the world. I am, like Wurtzel, an only child. I was also an addict and I also suffered from depression. I think you need to really unders. S. E. Hebert said Hauntingly beautiful. I love the way Elizabeth Wurtzel writes in this book. It's a style that's cocky and self-assured while simultaneously vulnerable and unrelentingly honest about self. I think it details the confliction those of us who tackle the task of learning about our true selves, and how to cope with our behaviors, all go through.