6/30/2023 0 Comments Blackout by Sarah Hepola![]() The fuel she thought she needed was draining her spirit instead.Ī memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, BLACKOUT is the story of a woman stumbling into a new adventure-the sober life she never wanted. 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. What did I say last night? How did I meet that guy? Mornings became detective work on her own life. She often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours should be. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as an enlightened twenty-first-century woman.īut there was a price. She spent her evenings at cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last call. That’s what a blackout feels like.’įor Sarah Hepola, alcohol was ‘the gasoline of all adventure’. A blackout doesn’t sting, or stab, or leave a scar when it robs you. ![]() ‘It’s such a savage thing to lose your memory, but the crazy thing is, it doesn’t hurt one bit. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |