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Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Did You Know: Female alcoholics are twice as likely to die as male alcoholics in the same age group. Women metabolize alcohol differently from men, more quickly developing such physical complications as liver disease, high blood pressure, and hepatitis. A female alcoholic is more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, which may not go away even if she stops drinking. An astonishing four million women in the U.S. meet the...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"A vivid, funny, and poignant memoir that celebrates the distinct lure of the camaraderie and community one finds drinking in bars. Rosie Schaap has always loved bars: the wood and brass and jukeboxes, the knowing bartenders, and especially the sometimes surprising but always comforting company of regulars. Starting with her misspent youth in the bar car of a regional railroad, where at fifteen she told commuters' fortunes in exchange for beer, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
A New York Times essayist shares her journey from a self-destructive college student to a devoted family woman and teacher while illuminating the importance of trusting in a higher power and being truthful about life's challenges.
"For years Glennon Doyle Melton built a wall between herself and others, hiding inside a bunker of secrets and shame. But one day everything changed: Glennon woke up to life, committing herself to living out loud and giving...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A binge-drinking flight attendant wakes up in an unfamiliar hotel room beside a dead body and sneaks back to her work, telling a series of lies that complicate her ability to figure out what really happened. The events cause her to sober up, and her cover allows her to work for the CIA, but witnessing an international murder doesn't seem to get any easier even when you're being paid for it.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the cultural factors contributing to a rise in alcoholism among today's women and compares today's practices to those of earlier generations while noting the current ineffectiveness of AA and other mainstream treatments.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Existing portrayals of women who drink typically fall into two categories: disturbing stories of women hitting "rock bottom," resulting in ruined careers, families, and futures, or amusing stories of fun and harmless "girls' nights out," with women drinking and overindulging as a temporary escape from a never-ending list of work and family demands. Drawing on original research and extensive interviews with a diverse group of women, author Susan Stewart...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Georgia, SuSu, Teeny, Linda and Diane have been friends for more than thirty years. But when Pru Bonner, black sheep of the group, falls off the wagon so hard it shakes their world, "the girls" stage a hilarious kidnapping in Vegas to help their childhood friend clean up her act. As the women confront their pasts along with their hazardous adventure, they discover surprising strength in themselves and their friendships. Laughter is spiced with secrets,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Seven hard-won months into her sobriety, sociology professor Maris Heilman has her first blackout. She chalks it up to exhaustion, though she fears that her husband and daughter will suspect she's drinking again. Whatever their cause, the glitches start becoming more frequent. Sometimes minutes, sometimes longer, but always leaving Maris with the same disorienting question: Where have I been? Then another blackout lands Maris in the ER, where she...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"With remarkably brave and vulnerable writing, Barnett expands on her personal story to confront the dire state of addiction in America, the rise of alcoholism in American women in the last century, and the lack of rehabilitation options available to addicts. At a time when opioid addiction is a national epidemic and one in twelve Americans suffers from alcohol abuse disorder, Quitter is essential reading for our age and an ultimately hopeful story...
Language
English
Description
"Nancy Archer is a wealthy woman who is fresh from the loony bin and ticked off. Her husband has been putting the moves on Honey Parker and scheming about the day when Nancy's fortune will be theirs. That day will never come, especially not since Nancy has an alien encounter that zaps her metabolism into overdrive. Soon, Nancy's size matches her rage."
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Introduction: Mommy needs many drinks -- Part I. Away: Before-- ; Oh Mama ; Single mama, dry with a twist ; Plastered -- Part II. Toward recovery: First 30 days: alcohol is the love of my life ; 30 days and beyond: swearing is my higher power ; 60 days: where are my shoes? ; 90 days: so this is life ; 6 months: marital openings ; 9 months and forty years ; Months 10 and 11: high-bottom girl ; one year and beyond -- Part III. First year of sobriety:...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Recovering from an addiction is tough enough, but when you throw in the tremendous responsibilities of motherhood, resisting cravings and remaining abstinent-much less enjoying the rewards of sobriety-can seem like an impossible challenge. Rosemary O'Connor brings her many years of experience working with women in recovery to addressing the key life issues mothers face at all stages of their recovery path. At once affirming, engaging, and practical,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison finds herself searching for Sallie Sturdy, a 14-year-old girl presumed murdered. Facing the hospitalization of her father, descending deeper into alcoholism, and resisting pressure to retire quietly, Tennison vows to bring Sallie's killer to justice before ending her career. She forges a surprising friendship with Penny Philips, Sallie's best friend.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Scribner paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
A New York Times essayist shares her journey from a self-destructive college student to a devoted family woman and teacher while illuminating the importance of trusting in a higher power and being truthful about life's challenges.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
1st edition.
Language
English
Description
Raised like a princess in one of the most powerful families in the American South, Henrietta Bingham was offered the helm of a publishing empire. Instead, she ripped through the Jazz Age like an F. Scott Fitzgerald character: intoxicating and intoxicated, selfish and shameless, seductive and brilliant, endearing and often terribly troubled. In New York, Louisville, and London, she drove both men and women wild with desire, and her youth blazed with...
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