Drinking: A Love Story | Characters & Character Analysis

Drinking: A Love Story Important People

Caroline Knapp

Caroline Knapp is the narrator and protagonist of the novel. Throughout the entire book, she details her struggle and love story with alcohol. Knapp is a sophisticated, pretty, and smart young woman who seems to have the world at her feet. She is from a wealthy family, extremely well educated and working on improving her professional life. While Knapp seems to be thriving on the outside, she is actually spiraling out of control. The reason for this is her addiction to alcohol.

Knapp explains that she feels her father was a large part of the reason that she became an alcoholic. As a child, she started to watch his drinking patterns and noticed that they would relax him and allow him to be with his wife and family comfortably. Later Knapp discovers that he was actually leading a double life. Whenever Knapp tried to spend time with him, she...
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