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Lush: A Memoir
Lush: A Memoir | Kerry Cohen
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"For those of us wrestling with demons--and who isn't?--Lush is a solace and as powerful as red wine." --Claire Dederer, bestselling author of Love and Trouble: A Midlife ReckoningWhen Loose Girl author Kerry Cohen reached her early 40s, she realized she had a drinking problem. Yes, she could get up on time, bring her kids to school, make dinner, chat with friends, and all around have a normal day, but, throughout it all, Kerry was waiting for her five o'clock glass of wine. Maybe two glasses. Maybe a bottle. Just enough to blur the edges of her life that had become a monotony of vacuuming, carpooling, and disagreements with her husband. Kerry had replaced one addiction with another, instead of seeking sex she was seeking merlot. Instead of intimacy, she craved the fuzziness of a nice buzz.What she also realized was: she wasn't the only one.LUSH is a gripping memoir that examines Kerry's struggle with alcohol, a struggle that a rising number of middle-aged women are facing today as alcohol dependency amongst females drastically increases. A wonderfully poignant and relatable follow up to her memoir Loose Girl, LUSH follows Kerry as she attempts to rediscover the awe in her life, leaving past mistakes, regrets, and the bottle behind.
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LittlePixels
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I read books like this to figure out my mom, who is an alcoholic. This one had me highlighting like crazy. #currentread #booksaremyaddiction

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Serenity_Within86
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Just amazing!!!

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Serenity_Within86
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Almost done!!

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Serenity_Within86
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Currently listening ❤️❤️❤️

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guinsgirlreads
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Pickpick

Raw and totally real on the subjects of addiction, alcoholism, motherhood, relationships and sex. Good, relatable read.

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guinsgirlreads
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CouronneDhiver 🍷 Hear Hear! 6y
Alfoster I‘m in!🍷🍷😳😂 6y
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guinsgirlreads
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I ought to be able to relate to this one 😂 #amreading

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Readaholics
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A solidly crazy memoir about excessive drinking in your 40‘s. The author is honest about her self-destructive habits that spiraled her life into alcohol abuse and an affair as a remarried divorced mother of two. Her strength and grit gets her back on track to happiness.

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Readaholics
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Such a great quote about shame. Such an honest memoir of drinking and loving and being a living disaster but still coming back to try and find happiness again.

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Mehso-so

I love her honesty and her ability to lay bare all her mistakes and faults. I also kinda agree that there are levels of alcohol addiction or abuse. But her love addiction is insane. I don‘t know how she found time to have an affair with 2 kids, 3 jobs and so many other problems. Still a good honest memoir of drinking to excess and coming back around to try and find happiness.

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Reagan
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1. Yes
2. More fiction but it varies year to year. Sometimes it‘s near 50/50
3. Addiction memoirs or mountain climbing or disasters
4. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

@wanderinglynn #hellothursday

wanderinglynn Thanks for playing! 😀 6y
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BethFishReads
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Enjoyed this memoir with its unexpected conclusion. Not the all-time best addiction memoir but solid. 🎧 Allyson Ryan did such a good job, I had to keep reminding myself this wasn‘t an author-read audiobook. I‘ll give it a pick b/c it‘s a 3.5.

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tholmz
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I‘ve read a lot about addiction lately and this one just isn‘t sitting with me. Her writing style is casual, which I usually like, but not for this subject matter.

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BethFishReads
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Looking for new nonfiction? Here are the books on my list. Find more info on Litsy or see short descriptions on my blog https://www.bethfishreads.com/2018/07/11-nonfiction-titles-to-read-this-summer.h...

Samplergal I love reading non-fiction. I am excited to see these. I have seen a couple but most are new to me. Thank you! 6y
BethFishReads @Samplergal hope you find a good match for your tastes 6y
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Cinfhen
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#GetMovin #Wasted Both on my TBR, two memoirs of women who on the surface seem to have it all, but inside they are battling an addiction that threatens everything. Tagged book is an ARC #NetGalley #SourceBooks #MemoirMonday

TrishB Look like hard reads. 6y
Leftcoastzen I read Blackout, it was good but tough. 6y
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