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Drinking with Men
Drinking with Men: A Memoir | Rosie Schaap
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NPR Best Books of 2013 BookPage Best Books of 2013 Library Journal Best Books of 2013: Memoir Flavorwire 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2013 A vivid, funny, and poignant memoir that celebrates the distinct lure of the camaraderie and community one finds drinking in bars. Rosie Schaap has always loved bars: the wood and brass and jukeboxes, the knowing bartenders, and especially the sometimes surprising but always comforting company of regulars. Starting with her misspent youth in the bar car of a regional railroad, where at fifteen she told commuters fortunes in exchange for beer, and continuing today as she slings cocktails at a neighborhood joint in Brooklyn, Schaap has learned her way around both sides of a bar and come to realize how powerful the fellowship among regular patrons can be. In Drinking with Men, Schaap shares her unending quest for the perfect local haunt, which takes her from a dive outside Los Angeles to a Dublin pub full of poets, and from small-town New England taverns to a character-filled bar in Manhattans TriBeCa. Drinking alongside artists and expats, ironworkers and soccer fanatics, she finds these places offer a safe haven, a respite, and a place to feel most like herself. In rich, colorful prose, Schaap brings to life these seedy, warm, and wonderful rooms. Drinking with Men is a love letter to the bars, pubs, and taverns that have been Schaaps refuge, and a celebration of the uniquely civilizing source of community that is bar culture at its best.
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CKtheLibrarian
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Panpan

⭐️⭐️ I guess I didn‘t quite know what to expect with this one. I thought it would be more about the psychology of the types of people who are bar regulars. It wasn‘t. It seemed to be a depressing cry for help. Not what I had hoped out of this one.

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mrozzz
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Pickpick

Rosie has lived as a Dead-Head, a vegetarian college student in Bennington, is a lifelong New Yorker- and in her writing she connects events big & small to bars she frequented and the predominantly male patrons she befriends. Is hers a memorable story? Not really. But while in it I felt the connections she has to her fellow drinkers. I think she handled her retelling in a smart, quiet way, allowing the greatest access into her bizarre encounters.

Leftcoastzen Love books about drinking good and bad ...... 6y
mrozzz @Leftcoastzen you‘ll like this one then! 6y
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heikemarie
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That‘s iced tea. It‘s literally as gross as it looks. #survivingtheholidays #toodrunktoread #family

Julsmarshall Cheers! 6y
jbhops Too drunk to read!! 😂😂 6y
BarbaraBB Cheers 🥂 6y
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