More, Now, Again - Elizabeth Wurtzel

Advantages: Easily available in paperback and hardback
Disadvantages: It's over 300 pages long

When Elizabeth Wurtzel was 27, she published "Prozac Nation". This book is about what happened to her later. She left New York, developed an addiction to Ritalin and moved to Florida. She was put on the Ritalin tablets by the doctor but when she moved to Florida, she began crushing them and snorting them. Later, she started self harming again, by pulling the hair out of her legs. This book is about how she managed to cope with both of these things. ...
...this memoir, Wurtzel admits to writing that book while high on Ritalin and cocaine. After a year, she moved back to New York. eventually went to rehab and even stopped taking the anti-depressants. Finally, she felt she could get better. At least she did in 2002 when this book was published. In the epilogue she writes "enough of this sad family". This synopsis may sound confusing but it's a confusing book and often frustrating. It's difficult enough ... Read review

Advantages: Engaging and fascinating - hard to put down
Disadvantages: Over 300 pages

This book is engaging and fascinating and is literally impossible to put down. It is not just the story of drug addiction it is also an interesting description of failed love and the quest for happiness. It tells the downward spiral into drug addiction, failed realtionships and loneliness in a way that is accessible and interesting to the reader. I adored this book and found it to be more real and emotional than Prozac Nation. This book lets you ... Read review