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Dangerous When Wet

A Memoir

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Dangerous When Wet

By: Jamie Brickhouse
Narrated by: Jamie Brickhouse
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"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. A Texan Elizabeth Taylor with the split personality of Auntie Mame and Mama Rose, always camera-ready and flamboyantly outspoken, Mama Jean haunted him his whole life, no matter how far away he went or how deep in booze he swam. Brickhouse's journey takes him from Texas to a high-profile career in book publishing amid New York's glamorous drinking life to his near-fatal descent into alcoholism. After Mama Jean ushers him into rehab and he ultimately begins to dig out of the hole he found himself in, he almost misses his chance to prove that he loves her as much as she loves him.

Bitingly funny, raw, and insightful, Dangerous When Wet is the unforgettable story of a unique relationship between a son and his mother.

©2015 Jamie Brickhouse (P)2015 Macmillan Audio
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Heartwarming Mother-son Relationship • Entertaining Storytelling Style • Endearing Mother Character
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Absolutely FABULOUS!!! Really enjoyed this book!!! Thanks Jamie Brickhouse!! Keepin On Keepin on!!
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Fabulous 👌

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I was outside watering flowers at work and I began to listen...at some of the childhood adventures and imitations of Mama Jean....I laughed so hard I fell down.

wonderfully refreshingly humbly honest!

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I loved it! the way he reads it, the content, his larger-than-life Mama Jean!! I look forward to listening to it again!

must read!!

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The book touched my heart. One man’s journey. His life being a talented alcoholic, with a mother who was a force of nature.

Go for the ride

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I feel sorry for anyone whose life hasn’t been touched by a Mama Jean or a Jamala!! What a fantastic story!!!!

Hilariously touching

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Jamie Brickhouse brought us into his life, he also shared his momma jean and daddy earl with us. He is a great story teller.

I couldn’t put it down, I enjoyed every word.

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most amazing book of the year and the storytelling I was left hot I could not put it down I had to continuously just amazing five stars Bravo

The most amazing book of the year

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Humorous always, heartbreaking at times and truly inspirational towards the end. I so enjoyed this and immediately fell in love with Mama Jean and Daddy Earl. Bravo and congratulations.

Fabulous

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Dangerous When Wet is an absolute gem of a book and when delivered through the theatricality of author Jamie Brickhouses' narration, it shines as an entertaining and--at times--heartbreaking ode to his mother, his friends, and the dangers of a stiff drink.

One of a Kind

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Loved this book! It was refreshingly sincere. The author did a marvelous job at illustrating every place, person and emotion he described.

Loved this book!

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