{"product_id":"drunk-mom-jowita-bydlowska-9780143126508","title":"Drunk Mom: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eAn intense, complex and disturbing story, bravely and beautifully told. I read \u003ci\u003eDrunk Mom \u003c\/i\u003ewith my jaw on the floor, which doesn't happen to me that often.\" --Lena Dunham \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree years after giving up drinking, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne like it was ginger ale. It was a special occasion: a party celebrating the birth of her first child. It also marked Bydlowska's immediate, full-blown return to crippling alcoholism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the gritty and sometimes grimly comic tradition of the bestselling memoirs \u003ci\u003eLit \u003c\/i\u003eby Mary Karr and \u003ci\u003eSmashed \u003c\/i\u003eby Koren Zailckas, \u003ci\u003eDrunk Mom \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. This courageous memoir brilliantly shines a light on the twisted logic of an addicted mind and the powerful, transformative love of one's child. Ultimately it gives hope, especially to those struggling in the same way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jowita Bydlowska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143126504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143126508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2014 pg. 30","brand":"Jowita Bydlowska","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987257360639,"sku":"9780143126508","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fe57d66-add6-4c83-83fd-6141016f7df5.jpg?v=1683287902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/drunk-mom-jowita-bydlowska-9780143126508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}