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Drunk Mum (2013)

by Jowita Bydlowska(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0732296056 (ISBN13: 9780732296056)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperCollins

review 1: Jowita Bydlowska writes an unflinchingly honest memoir of her time as an alcoholic during her son’s early years. She writes in a manner that brought to mind someone sitting down and just getting it all out. The result is a very inside look into the mind of an alcoholic, including visits to liquor stores, the search for bottle hiding places and waking up after a blackout. It is not a pretty picture and is more than a little claustrophobic but I think this is the first substance abuse memoir that I really felt what it was like to live with that compulsion to drink all day long. It wasn’t always easy for me to read, especially as a fellow parent, so I took multiple reading breaks in order to completely finish it but it was a well written and candid memoir. I receiv... moreed this book through NetGalley in exchange for and honest review.
review 2: Here's my problem with this book: it frustrated the heck out of me. There was a baby involved. She was surrounded by enablers. I caught myself screaming "for gods sake someone take the baby away from her". After about five chapters of that feeling it got a little stale. It did open my eyes as to what the disease is capable of even when you have someone like a child to live for. Loved the beginning. Enjoyed the end. Appreciate the honesty. less

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