Dodge_Sniper
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Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood
Has anybody here ever read this book? I seriously recommend it if you haven't. I'm not a big fan of trying to sit back and read, but damnit, if I've ever found a book that made me want to do that, it was this one. It's amazing. It does have some dull moments, but just when you get bored with it, it pulls you right back in!
Koren Zailckas details her love affair with alcohol in her autobiographical novel. Her first drink, at the age of 14, sends her in a downward spiral of loss and surrender . She begins sneaking behind her parents' backs, losing her close friends, and, by 16, ending up in the hospital to get her stomach pumped.
Alcohol serves as her vehicle through which to make friends, be more outgoing, and do the things she normally would be terrified to do. In college, her social life revolves completely around alcohol. She describes a series of parties, insignificant relationships, blackouts, and a variety of bars she frequents often. She reflects upon the hold alcohol has on her, and what it means to be a less-shy, less uptight version of herself.
Koren Zailckas
And she's pretty damn cute too
Has anybody here ever read this book? I seriously recommend it if you haven't. I'm not a big fan of trying to sit back and read, but damnit, if I've ever found a book that made me want to do that, it was this one. It's amazing. It does have some dull moments, but just when you get bored with it, it pulls you right back in!
Koren Zailckas details her love affair with alcohol in her autobiographical novel. Her first drink, at the age of 14, sends her in a downward spiral of loss and surrender . She begins sneaking behind her parents' backs, losing her close friends, and, by 16, ending up in the hospital to get her stomach pumped.
Alcohol serves as her vehicle through which to make friends, be more outgoing, and do the things she normally would be terrified to do. In college, her social life revolves completely around alcohol. She describes a series of parties, insignificant relationships, blackouts, and a variety of bars she frequents often. She reflects upon the hold alcohol has on her, and what it means to be a less-shy, less uptight version of herself.
Koren Zailckas
And she's pretty damn cute too
