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Smashed - Story of a Drunken Girlhood
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Smashed - Story of a Drunken Girlhood
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Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood
Author: Koren Zailckas
Overview
With unflinching honesty and striking prose, Koren Zailckas delivers a raw memoir of teenage binge drinking and its aftermath. At fourteen, a single sip of Southern Comfort introduces her to alcohol, and from that moment she begins a reckless pattern of drinking that escalates through high school and college. Blackouts, hospital visits, and terrifying encounters pile up, yet alcohol continues to serve as her shortcut to courage, identity, and belonging.
By age twenty-two, Zailckas wakes up in an unfamiliar apartment after yet another night she can’t remember, finally forced to confront how far she has fallen. Smashed is not the story of an alcoholic hitting rock bottom, but of an ordinary girl whose dependence on alcohol nearly derails her life before adulthood. Both a cautionary tale and a cultural critique, it became a national sensation for its candid exploration of youth, gender, and the drinking culture that grips so many.
Why You’ll Love It
- A gripping, unvarnished look at teenage binge drinking and its consequences
- Reads like both a personal memoir and a social commentary
- Resonates with parents, educators, and young adults navigating drinking culture
- A New York Times bestseller and modern recovery classic
Reviews
“Bookstores are flooded with boozy bios by former girls gone wild. This one rises to the top.” — People
“Poised and elegiac... Smashed goes down with a slow, genteel burn.” — The New York Times Book Review
“A mortifyingly credible story.” — The New York Times
“Brilliant and horrifying.” — The Baltimore Sun
“Gripping... one of the best accounts of addiction, the college experience, or even what it means to be an average teenage girl in America.” — Entertainment Weekly
About the Author
Koren Zailckas is the author of Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, which appeared on ten national bestseller lists and spent twenty weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter.
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