
Smashed
Story of a Drunken Girlhood
Koren Zailckas(Author)
Penguin USA (Publisher)
Published on 31. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-14-303647-0 (ISBN)
Description
Garnering a vast amount of attention from young people and parents, Smashed became a media sensation in the US and New York Times bestseller. Eye-opening and utterly gripping, Koren's story is that of thousands of girls like her who are not alcoholics - yet - but who routinely use booze as a shortcut to courage. Smashed is a sober look at how Zailckas drank from the age of 14 to some horrific results (stomach pumping, memory loss etc), what it took for her to realise she had to stop drinking and it is ultimately a literary debut destined to become a classic.
Reviews / Votes
"Gripping...one of the best accounts of addiction, the college experience, or even what it means to be an average teenage girl." - Entertainment Weekly "Bookstores are flooded with boozy bios by former girls gone wild. This one rises to the top." - People Magazine "Poised and elegiac...Smashed goes down with a slow, genteel burn." - The New York Times Book Review "Brilliant and horrifying." - The Baltimore Sun"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
407 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-303647-0 (9780143036470)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Koren Zailckas grew up in the suburbs of Boston and attended Syracuse University. She lives in New York City. This is her first book.
Content
Preface
Initiation
First Taste
First Waste
First Offense
Coma Girl
The Usual
All You Can Drink
Greek Mythology
Excess
You're Pretty When I'm Drunk
Love in the Time of Liquor
Beer Tears
Abuse
Ascent and Decent
Liquid Heart
The End Has No End
The Still-to-Learn
Initiation
First Taste
First Waste
First Offense
Coma Girl
The Usual
All You Can Drink
Greek Mythology
Excess
You're Pretty When I'm Drunk
Love in the Time of Liquor
Beer Tears
Abuse
Ascent and Decent
Liquid Heart
The End Has No End
The Still-to-Learn