# The Secret of Life

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- Book: [The Secret of Life](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-wurtzel/the-secret-of-life) ([The Secret of Life.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-wurtzel/the-secret-of-life.md))
- Authors: [Elizabeth Wurtzel](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-wurtzel)
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- ISBN: 978-03-4547-675-3
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2004-08-31
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Though she might not always follow her own advice, Elizabeth Wurtzel knows certain things to be true: Doing copious amounts of drugs leads nowhere you want to be; trying to be friends with your ex is always...