Susan Cheever
Susan Cheever
Susan Cheever, an American author, is a prize-winning best-selling writer well known for her memoir, her writing about alcoholism, and her intimate understanding of American history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth31 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
happy-family
When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families.
mother husband children
The birth of a child is in many ways the end of a marriage - marriage including a child has to be reinvented, and reinvented at a time when both husband and wife are under unprecedented stress and the wife is exhausted, physically drained, and emotionally in shock. A man's conflict between wanting his child to have a mother and wanting to have the mother to himself is potentially intolerable.
mother baby heartbeat
There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are just a few heartbeats away from being the same person.
coffee men promise
There is some consensus: There's obsession, there's never satiety, and there's always remorse. For me, the big thing is that you're always breaking a promise - for example, you promise yourself you're just going to have coffee with a man, then before you know it, you're in bed together.
silly cake white
A wedding isn't for the bride and groom, it's for the family and friends. The B. and G. are just props, silly stick figures with no more significance than the pink and white candy figures on the top of the cake.
guilt petty
Guilt is petty; I am above guilt.
optimistic too-much expecting
There is no such thing as expecting too much.
sex vegas addiction
Our [western] culture embraces sex addiction. If I drink too much or rack up credit-card debt or lose the rent in Vegas, that's bad. But if I have many lovers, that's good.
pregnancy men difficult
Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.
teacher dog home
Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.
believe form century
I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are.
thinking talking admitting
I think 12-step programs really work, rehab really works, certain types of therapies and talking to other addicts really work. There are a lot of things that work - that isn't the problem. The problem is getting the addicts to say they're addicts. The problem is admitting it.
writing feelings worst
Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst
addiction substance mood
Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.