68 pages • 2 hours read
Caroline KnappDrinking: A Love Story
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1996A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Why does Knapp label her book a love story? What kind of love story is it? How do her relationships with other people—for instance, her father—inform her definition of love?
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According to Knapp, how are alcoholism, anorexia, and other types of addictions expressions of a hunger that is more than just physical?
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It took many years for Knapp to recognize that she was an alcoholic and seek treatment for it. What are some of the reasons she identifies for this being such a drawn-out process?
