Zailckas, Koren
Summary: Gracie Mueller is a proud mother of two and devoted wife, living with her husband Randy in upstate New York. Her life is complicated by the usual tedium and stressors--young children, marriage, money--and she's settled down comfortably enough. But when Randy's failing career as a real estate agent makes finances tight, their home goes into foreclosure, and Gracie feels she has no choice but to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group 2018
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Summary: A twenty-four-year-old survivor of alcoholism recounts her journey from teen experimentation to binge drinking, during which she endured depression, rage, sexual exploitation, and troubled relationships before making the decision to heal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2006
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Summary: Josephine Hurst has her family under control: two beautiful daughters, a brilliantly intelligent son, a tech-guru of a husband and a historical landmark home. But living in this matriarch's determinedly cheerful, yet subtly controlling domain hasn't been easy for her family. When her oldest daughter, Rose, runs off with a mysterious boyfriend, Josephine tightens her grip, gradually turning her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: From earliest experimentation to habitual excess to full-blown abuse, twenty-four-year-old Koren Zailckas leads us through her experience of a terrifying trend among young girls, exploring how binge drinking becomes routine, how it becomes "the usual." With the stylistic freshness of a poet and the dramatic gifts of a novelist, Zailckas describes her first sip at fourteen, alcohol poisoning at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R ZailckasZailckas, Koren.
Summary: From earliest experimentation to habitual excess to full-blown abuse, twenty-four-year-old Koren Zailckas leads us through her experience of a terrifying trend among young girls, exploring how binge drinking becomes routine, how it becomes "the usual." Zailckas describes her first sip at fourteen, alcohol poisoning at sixteen, a blacked-out sexual experience at nineteen, total disorientation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2008