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Koren Zailckas

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Smashed Koren Zailckas "I saw this book in Target. It was hardcopy, it had just come out, and thought it might be appropriate for a few friends with drinking problems, that it might be a good opportunity to sort of start out with passing on a book and then really be able to get to discuss some of the products that they seemed to be having at that point in time. Koren has a very honest writing style. She's able to remember things that happened to her in vivid detail, and a lot of it is set among a backdrop that's still very familiar to me and I would imagine other readers in my generation. I had purchased this book hoping to be able to start a conversation between friends who had a drinking problem; however, Koren gets to the end of the book and decides that she is not an alcoholic; she is a victim of alcohol abuse. For someone who had been so honest about the drinking all the way through, I felt very confident that this was going to be a story where she finally - where there was a moment of truth and she came to her senses around her drinking. That moment never came. Like I said, she's able to get great detail. She's very honest throughout. It's just that one big piece that's missing. And as a result, I'm not sure why I would recommend this to others; very specifically because for others with a problem, Koren's refusal to acknowledge her own problem gives anybody else an out."