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Jonathan davis in the memoir a drinking life, hamill reflects on the formative years of his life in brooklyn. In a drinking life, hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. A memoir by pete hamill at the beginning of my remembering, i am four years old and we are living on the top floor of a brick building on a leafy street in brooklyn, a half block from prospect park. Mar 28, 2011 the national bestseller a drinking life is a poignant memoir of a boy growing up in brooklyn during the depression and world war ii. The 35 best audiobooks for 2020 great audiobooks for a road.
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