Dry

"Dry" is about drinking and how it shapes a life. It is also about quitting. It tells the story of a woman who embarks on a journey from addiction to writing. Clearly, she undertakes a journey into her childhood, to her prematurely deceased husband, and to her roles as a mother, lover, and daughter. Christine Koschmieder seems to have accomplished everything: she has processed her husband's death, raised three children, and built a career in the cultural sector. Secretly, alcohol has helped her along the way. But by the age of 40, she no longer knows how to go on and checks herself into a rehabilitation clinic. There, she begins to search for answers. Is her husband's death from cancer really the reason for her addiction, or do the roots lie much deeper? Christine Koschmieder has written a courageous autofictional novel that touches the soul. Radically honest and with literary mastery, she tells her story and ours. This book is a test of courage.