A.A. is the most successful self-help movement in history, yet it is also the most misunderstood. This book will reach out to a much wider audience with its magnificent story of human courage and the indomitable human soul.A brave and wonderful book that could save the life of somebody you love-Russell Baker.
"Women's struggle for equal work and equal pay at the newspaper of record is the subject. A century-long tale of courage, despair and outright mulishness told with wit, candor and great affection. Superlative journalism- sharp, detailed and unsparing." -Kirkus Starred Review
Das Buch war bei seinem ersten Erscheinen 1988 in den USA heiß umstritten, denn es legt einige Details der AA-Historie und des Privatlebens von Bill W. offen, die in der offiziellen AA-Literatur nicht erwähnt werden. Inzwischen ist es zum Standard-Werk avanciert. Pullitzer-Preisträgerin Nan Robertson, langjährige Reporterin bei der NEW YORK TIMES, hat sauber recherchiert.