TY  - BOOK
AU  - Young,Louisa
TI  - You left early: a true story of love and alcohol 
SN  - 9780008265175 (hbk.) :
AV  - HV5447 
U1  - 920 YOU 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - The Borough Press
KW  - Lockhart, Robert,
KW  - Young, Louisa.
KW  - Alcoholics
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Health and Fitness
KW  - eflch
KW  - Health and Wellbeing
KW  - ukslc
N2  - Louisa first met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. Their stop-start romance lasted decades, in which time he became a celebrated composer and she, an acclaimed novelist. Always snapping at their heels was Robert's alcoholism, a helpless, ferocious dependency that affected his personality before crippling and finally, despite five years of hard-won sobriety, killing him. There are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is truly transcendent. It is at once an utterly compelling portrait of a unique and charismatic man; a bittersweet reflection on an all-consuming love affair; and a completely honest and incredibly affecting guide to how the partner of an alcoholic can possibly survive when the disease rips both their lives apart
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