Dry: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs

Dry: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs

An advertising executive remembers his childhood with his eccentric foster family and his early adulthood experiences of trying to establish an independent life for himself.

Dry is a memoir written by American writer Augusten Burroughs. It describes the author's battle with alcoholism. Dry was written before Running with Scissors, but was published second.

Dry reached number 24 on The New York Times Best Seller list for Hardcover Nonfiction.