I had seen a recommendation for this book along with an interview of the author more than a year ago in a magazine. It had always looked interesting to me as I am interested in a career in addiction medicine, so when I recently saw it in a store I jumped to buy it. This is the memoir of a girl who became a severe alcoholic during high school and into college. In the interview she claimed to have written her story so that she could combat the "drinking in the name of feminism" rumors that had been spread and tell the real reason that girls binge drink.
[...] Koren Zailckas' Smashed: Review Reason, Type, and Setting: I had seen a recommendation for this book along with an interview of the author more than a year ago in a magazine. It had always looked interesting to me as I am interested in a career in addiction medicine, so when I recently saw it in a store I jumped to buy it. This is the memoir of a girl who became a severe alcoholic during high school and into college. [...]
[...] When Natalie awakens she tells Koren that she not only drank hard liquor in excess but may also have mistakenly had angel dust and does not remember any events after that. Both girls suspect that something horrible happened to Natalie during that time and because of the intensity that they experienced together, Koren and Natalie can no longer stand to be friends after the return from that trip. In college and beyond, Koren's mother loves to tell all her new friends about the time back in high school when Koren almost died. [...]
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