Drunk Mom: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143126504 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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“An intense, complex and disturbing story, bravely and beautifully told. I read Drunk Mom with my jaw on the floor, which doesn’t happen to me that often." - Lena Dunham Three years after giving up drinking, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne like it was ginger ale. It also marked Bydlowska's immediate, full-blown return to crippling alcoholism.In the gritty and sometimes grimly comic tradition of the bestselling memoirs Lit by Mary Karr and Smashed by Koren Zailckas, Drunk Mom is Bydlowska's account of the ways substance abuse took control of her life- the binges and blackouts, the humiliations, the extraordinary risk-taking- as well as her fight toward recovery as a young mother. It was a special occasion: a party celebrating the birth of her first child. Ultimately it giv
Jowita Bydlowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, and moved to Canada as a teenager. Her work has appeared in various publications, including Salon and the Huffington Post. She lives in Toronto, Canada, with her son and his father.
"Good topic, OK writing" according to Julia. Definitely a heartbreaking story. I admire the author's bravery and transparency; her words are honest and raw. However, the writing got a bot old for me after the third chapter. Not sure if I would have kept reading it if I didn't have an assignment.. This book was so raw and real! Most women michele smigiel This book was so raw and real! Most women would never admit to drinking with children the way Jowita has, so honest, it is more common than we wish to believe!!. Fabulous A brilliantly written Memoir about the raw insanity of addiction. It kept me wanting more! Funny at times too. I will think of her often
And man oh man can she write! …In my decades as a lover of books I've written only two fan mails. But I’m glad Jowita did because you know where I am right now? I’m about to enter one of those Amazing Awesome meetings. You couldn’t pay me a million bucks to slap my name under a title like that. I hadn’t been going regularly; I was taking a break. You'll read it in one sitting." —Katrina Onstad, author of Everybody Has Everything."This is quite simply not just another addiction memoir. This book is for anyon