O n a damp and unseasonably cold summer morning, susan cheever and i leave her apartment in new york and drive to ossining, in westchester county. Next came a volume of cheevers letters, edited by susans brother, benjamin, who wrote in his introduction of how difficult it had been to discover. Susan cheever on transcendentalists, louisa may alcott. She is author of 15 books, most recently drinking in america. A drinking life by pete hammill another kind of history of new york.
A new short history of drinking explores alcoholism throughout the. While producing some of the most beloved and celebrated american literature of this century, john cheever wrestled with. In home before dark, susan cheever, daughter of the famously talented writer john cheever, uses previously unpublished letters, journals, and her own precious memories to create a candid and insightful tribute to her father. Our secret history our drinking has been subject to pendulum swings. Susan cheever born july 31, 1943, an american author, is a prizewinning bestselling writer well known for her memoir, her writing about alcoholism, and her intimate understanding of american history. New york ap drinking, and not drinking, is as old as america itself, from the beerloving pilgrims on the mayflower and paul reveres boozy horse ride to prohibition and. So i was excited by the publication of susan cheevers e. This photo provided by hachette book group shows the cover of the book, drinking in america, by author susan cheever. Author susan cheever, 72, teaches nonfiction writing at new yorks new school and at bennington college in vermont.
Susan cheever author of american bloomsbury goodreads. Written by susan cheever, audiobook narrated by kate reading. His life and the creation of alcoholics anonymous, a biography of alcoholics anonymous cofounder bill wilson, and home before dark, a memoir about her father, john cheever. Author susan cheever, 72, teaches nonfiction writing at new yorks new. In drinking in america, susan cheever puts the bottle back in the. Susan cheevers most popular book is american bloomsbury. Susan cheever chronicles drinking in america in new book.
See all books authored by susan cheever, including my name is bill. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Susan cheever has 28 books on goodreads with 15037 ratings. Susan cheever is most often mentioned as the daughter of literary great, john cheever. Susan cheever born july 31, 1943, an american author, is a prizewinning best selling writer. In 1961, john cheever bought the only house he ever owned, in ossining, new york. Cheever s most recent book, published in 2015, is drinking in america. Susan cheever talks a lot about perception and addiction in this book, which was an enlightening read although i think she should have titled it something else. In drinking in america, bestselling author susan cheever chronicles our national love affair with liquor, taking a long, thoughtful look at the way alcohol has changed our nations history. Elegant and electrifying book about the war in vietnam and the war in our hearts. I was born in new york city and have lived here on and off my entire lifein fact i went to nursery school a few blocks from where i. Some of her other notable works include my name is bill bill wilson. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today.
The book chronicles how alcohol has influenced the. Susan cheever s most popular book is american bloomsbury. Susan cheever is the author of american bloomsbury 3. Cheever chronicles drinking in america in new book. As told by susan cheever in her workmanlike, sermony new biography, my name is bill, wilsons life was harder than most. Cheevers most recent book, published in 2015, is drinking in america. Books by susan cheever author of american bloomsbury. However, with this book she has entered a new arena of her own. The demons that drove john cheever books the guardian. A brilliant and important addition to our understanding of. As a nation author susan cheever writes in her new book, drinking in america.
This is the oftenoverlooked story of how alcohol has shaped american events and the american character from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Susan cheever books list of books by author susan cheever. Cummings, william and dorothy wordsworth, and tennyson. Shes visited the subject of drinking in the past, and shes been in love with history since a college professor inspired her. Cheever was addicted to alcohol, as was her father, author john cheever. Cheevers literary output includes novels, memoirs, and biographies, including my name is bill, the life story of bill wilson, cofounder of alcoholics anonymous. Our national character is inextricable from our drinking history, writes susan cheever in her surprising and bold new book. Cheever, an acclaimed author and biographer who teaches at.
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