The day Koren turned fourteen she tasted alcohol for the first time. At fifteen she was piecing together forgotten fragments of drink men and misplaced clothes. This is the story of a young woman coming of age within a society that finds it easier to turn a blind eye to binge-drinking than address the problem head on.
From earliest experimentation to full-blown abuse, 24-year-old Zailckas leads readers through her experience of binge drinking in this vivid, cautionary tale. In 'Smashed' Koren Zailckas presents a frank and powerful account of her descent into the chaos of alcoholism that stretched from her early teens through to her twenties, and her subsequent recovery.
The day Koren turned fourteen she tasted alcohol for the first time. At fifteen she was piecing together forgotten fragments of drink men and misplaced clothes. This is the story of a young woman coming of age within a society that finds it easier to turn a blind eye to binge-drinking than address the problem head on.
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Book format
Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction
Non-Fiction
Genre
Biography & Memoirs
Publication date
January, 2006
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