Fermented Memories - Author - George Kuc - Book Review
George Kuc creatively and appropriately entitled his novella, Fermented Memories.
In it he takes you on the journey of an alcoholic, Jack, facing the challenge of his addiction to wine.
Compromising his personal honesty to the seduction of the vino, Jack shapes his life around - what he calls, "His hobby" --that of drinking wine.
After receiving a DUI and faced with the suspicious scrutiny of his mother and sister checking in on him, Jack stumbles through his daily routine of minimizing his personal responsibilities thus maximizing his savoring of the fermented grape juice.
During the course of life's events, he meets Marci, another alcoholic, and they find immediate bliss in sharing their joint passion for drinking.
Laced with the clever techniques alcoholics use to mask their drinking, like putting white wine in lemonade containers and red in cranberry juice bottles, George Kuc portrays the step by step demise of Jack prior to his first step in his 12 step program.
Set in Southern California, where wine tasting rooms and wineries as in Solvang lure the victims of such a disease, Fermented Memories projects a realistic version of the manipulative techniques an alcoholic deploys in his quest for lightheadedness.
George Kuc rotates the interactions of a small cast of characters in Jack's life to illustrate how the desire for inebriation dictates the choices for companionship an alcoholic keeps.
With the temptation to drink weighed against the practical realism of work responsibilities and dodging the ominous DUI lurking around every corner while driving under the influence, the reader gets a sense for the decision making process of alcohol addiction.
Although not referred to as "co-dependent" in the book, Jack's relationships with his guy friends, his girlfriends, and his family all provide the basic elements of enabling Jack's behavior.
Fermented Memories is a terse book, focused on the sole subject of Jack's love of wine.
The book has a point, a message, and is set in a limited time of Jack's life when his life choice manifested itself as an unavoidable set of circumstances.
Surely recommended reading for any recovering alcoholic or AA group discussion, George Kuc's message is strongly positive.
He writes in a forgiving and realistic manner which affirms hope.
As George Kuc is a sober author writing about inebriated characters, I say, "Salute", to a fine piece of work.
In it he takes you on the journey of an alcoholic, Jack, facing the challenge of his addiction to wine.
Compromising his personal honesty to the seduction of the vino, Jack shapes his life around - what he calls, "His hobby" --that of drinking wine.
After receiving a DUI and faced with the suspicious scrutiny of his mother and sister checking in on him, Jack stumbles through his daily routine of minimizing his personal responsibilities thus maximizing his savoring of the fermented grape juice.
During the course of life's events, he meets Marci, another alcoholic, and they find immediate bliss in sharing their joint passion for drinking.
Laced with the clever techniques alcoholics use to mask their drinking, like putting white wine in lemonade containers and red in cranberry juice bottles, George Kuc portrays the step by step demise of Jack prior to his first step in his 12 step program.
Set in Southern California, where wine tasting rooms and wineries as in Solvang lure the victims of such a disease, Fermented Memories projects a realistic version of the manipulative techniques an alcoholic deploys in his quest for lightheadedness.
George Kuc rotates the interactions of a small cast of characters in Jack's life to illustrate how the desire for inebriation dictates the choices for companionship an alcoholic keeps.
With the temptation to drink weighed against the practical realism of work responsibilities and dodging the ominous DUI lurking around every corner while driving under the influence, the reader gets a sense for the decision making process of alcohol addiction.
Although not referred to as "co-dependent" in the book, Jack's relationships with his guy friends, his girlfriends, and his family all provide the basic elements of enabling Jack's behavior.
Fermented Memories is a terse book, focused on the sole subject of Jack's love of wine.
The book has a point, a message, and is set in a limited time of Jack's life when his life choice manifested itself as an unavoidable set of circumstances.
Surely recommended reading for any recovering alcoholic or AA group discussion, George Kuc's message is strongly positive.
He writes in a forgiving and realistic manner which affirms hope.
As George Kuc is a sober author writing about inebriated characters, I say, "Salute", to a fine piece of work.
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