{"product_id":"9780698156395","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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076528586992,"sku":"9780698156395","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780698156395_p0.jpg?v=1763626510","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780698156395","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}