Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Sarah Hepola$29.75
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A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure -- the sober life she never wanted.
For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure." She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened twenty-first-century woman. But there was a price. She often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours should be. Mornings became detective work on her own life. What did I say last night? How did I meet that guy? She apologized for things she couldn't remember doing, as though she were cleaning up after an evil twin. Publicly, she covered her shame with self-deprecating jokes, and her career flourished, but as the blackouts accumulated, she could no longer avoid a sinking truth. The fuel she thought she needed was draining her spirit instead. A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure -- the sober life she never wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change. It's about giving up the thing you cherish most -- but getting yourself back in return.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 06/23/2015
ISBN: 9781455554591
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.90d
Award: Books for a Better Life - Finalist
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2015 pg. 72
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 05/25/2015
People Weekly 06/22/2015 pg. 45
Entertainment Weekly 07/10/2015 pg. 114
Shelf Awareness 07/10/2015
People Weekly 07/27/2015 pg. 41
BookPage 07/01/2015
Kirkus Best Nonfiction 12/01/2015 pg. 24
Library Journal 01/01/2015
For Sarah Hepola, alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure." She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong, enlightened twenty-first-century woman. But there was a price. She often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours should be. Mornings became detective work on her own life. What did I say last night? How did I meet that guy? She apologized for things she couldn't remember doing, as though she were cleaning up after an evil twin. Publicly, she covered her shame with self-deprecating jokes, and her career flourished, but as the blackouts accumulated, she could no longer avoid a sinking truth. The fuel she thought she needed was draining her spirit instead. A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, Blackout is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure -- the sober life she never wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change. It's about giving up the thing you cherish most -- but getting yourself back in return.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 06/23/2015
ISBN: 9781455554591
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.90d
Award: Books for a Better Life - Finalist
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2015 pg. 72
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 05/25/2015
People Weekly 06/22/2015 pg. 45
Entertainment Weekly 07/10/2015 pg. 114
Shelf Awareness 07/10/2015
People Weekly 07/27/2015 pg. 41
BookPage 07/01/2015
Kirkus Best Nonfiction 12/01/2015 pg. 24
Library Journal 01/01/2015