{"product_id":"pour-me-a-life","title":"Pour Me: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An intense, succulent read that's intermittently dazzling' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Chilling, exquisitely moving' \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A superb memoir - and one of the best books on addiction I have ever read' \u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A. A. Gill's memoir begins in the dark of a dormitory with six strangers. He is an alcoholic, dying in the last-chance saloon. He tells the truth - as far as he can remember it - about drinking and about what it is like to be drunk. He recalls the lost days, lost friends, failed marriages ... But there was also an 'optimum inebriation, a time when it was all golden'.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sobriety regained, there are painterly descriptions of people and places, unforgettable musings about childhood and family, art and religion; and most movingly, the connections between his cooking, dyslexia and his missing brother.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Full of raw and unvarnished truths, exquisitely written throughout, \u003ci\u003ePOUR ME\u003c\/i\u003e is about lost time and self-discovery. Lacerating, unflinching, uplifting, it is a classic about drunken abandon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Pour Me: A Life","offer_id":46238657118405,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-78022-643-9.jpg?v=1779081054","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/pour-me-a-life","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}