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"A blisteringly funny, wrenching account of wrestling way too close to-and later loose from-booze, sex and drugs and his adorable, infuriating mother. Bravo!" -Mary Karr, New York Times bestselling author of The Liars' Club "Whoever said you can't get sober for someone else never met my mother, Mama Jean. When I came to in a Manhattan emergency room after an overdose to the news that she was on her way from Texas, I panicked. She was the last person I wanted to see on that dark September morning, but the person I needed the most."So begins this astonishing memoir-by turns both darkly comic and deeply poignant-about this native Texan's long struggle with alcohol, his complicated relationship with Mama Jean, and his sexuality. From the age of five all Brickhouse wanted was to be at a party with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other and all Mama Jean wanted was to keep him at that age, her Jamie doll forever.
About the Author
Jamie Brickhouse is the author of the critically acclaimed It's "Required Reading" in Mary Karr's Amazon named it a "Best Book of May 2015," and Book Chase named it a "2015 Nonfiction Top 10. " It received stellar reviews from publications such as and Brickhouse has been published in Australia's the Latin American travel magazine and is a guest blogger for the Brickhouse is a two-time StorySLAM winner of The Moth, the acclaimed, not-for-profit worldwide organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling, and a Literary Death Match champion. He has also performed stand-up comedy and recorded voice-overs for the legendary cartoon TV show Brickhouse is available to speak to book clubs in person, when possible, and via Skype or speaker phone. He also gives talks about the art and craft of memoir writing, alcoholism/addiction/recovery, GLBT issues, living with HIV and overcoming HIV stigma, dementia (specifically Lewy body dementia) , and suicide prevention and survival. Brickhouse has spoken at the NYC Chapter Alzheimer's Association and at writing festivals and conferences such as the Texas Book Festival, the Atlanta Journal Constitution Decatur Book Festival, Baltimore Book Festival, San Antonio Book Festival, Woodstock Writers Festival, New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA) , several book clubs, and has taught at the Creative Nonfiction Writers' Conference, the Northern California Writers' StoryTellers Conference & Expo, Atlanta Writers' Club, HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction, and for 17 years at the Columbia Publishing Course. Brickhouse spent over two decades in the publishing industry, most recently at two major houses as head of their publicity and lecture divisions. He is founder and CEO of redBrick Agency, a lecture bureau for authors. A native of Beaumont, Texas, he is a graduate of Trinity University (San Antonio) and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (now the Columbia Publishing Course) . Brickhouse lives in New York City with his common- law husband Michael. He is at work on his next book, a memoir about his father Earl.
