Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas Paperback Book

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Rent Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood

Author: Koren Zailckas

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin USA

Published: Feb 2006

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 368

Synopsis

A twenty-four-year-old survivor of alcoholism recounts her journey from teen experimentation to binge drinking, a process during which she endured depression, rage, sexual exploitation, and troubled relationships before making the decision to heal, in a personal memoir that also offers insight into youth alcohol abuse. Reprint.

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