My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson--His Life and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous
A Spirituality, Nonfiction, Biography book. I found it refreshing to read a thorough biography after enjoying mostly fiction for quite awhile. Susan...
The definitive biography of Bill Wilson, the man who established Alcoholics Anonymous, and the first to be written with access to documents in that organization's archives, by a noted author who is herself a recovering alcoholic.In this definitive and groundbreaking biography, acclaimed author Susan Cheever offers a remarkably human portrait of a man whose life and work both influenced and saved the lives of millions of people. Drawing from personal letters, diaries, AA archives, interviews—and Cheever's own experiences with alcoholism—My Name Is Bill is the first fully documented, deeply felt account of Bill Wilson and Alcoholics Anonymous.
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- Pages: 320 pages
- ISBN: 9780743405911 / 743405919
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The top of my Boston Globe review:From previous books, we know that Susan Cheever, a columnist for the Long Island newspaper Newsday, has suffered heavily under the yoke of alcohol, both as the child of author (and hard drinker) John Cheever and as an adventurous souse in her own right.Perhaps this helps explain why, for her new book,... I found it refreshing to read a thorough biography after enjoying mostly fiction for quite awhile. Susan Cheever accurately explores the many dimensions of Bill Wilson in this multi-faceted portrayal of the main founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Even after staying sober for several decades, Bill continued to dwell in severe spells of... I read My Name is Bill because I studied with Susan Cheever and am a fan. Her admiration of this complicated man drew criticism from some reviewers who wanted complete objectivity. Cheever brings a personal history with alcoholism secondary to her famous father John Cheever (see: Home before Dark) and her personal walk with alcoholism...
