Classic Upward Bound Book Club

Smashed by: Koren Zailckas

 

   Koren Zailckas is the author of the New York Times bestseller Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, which chronicles her experiences with alcohol abuse as a teenager and college student. Barnes and Noble selected Smashed for its 2005 Discover Great New Writers program. And Entertainment Weekly named it "one of the best accounts of addiction, let alone the college experience, or even what it means to be an average teenage girl in America."            

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“Smashed may be one of the best accounts of addiction, let alone the college experience, or even what it means to be an average teenage girl in America…While Smashed boasts important insight and information, this fine young writer's greatest gift is her gripping, vivid storytelling.”   -- Entertainment Weekly

“This raw, eye-opening memoir will deepen readers' understanding of American culture and perhaps their own lives.”   - Booklist

 

If you enjoyed reading Smashed, you might enjoy:

The Glass Castle: A Memoir  by Jeanette Walls
Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman's Life by Devon Jersild
What It Takes to Pull Me Though:  Why Teenagers Get In Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out  By:  David L. Marcus