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  • Luminous Bodies: A Novel of Marie Curie

    by Devon Jersild ...
    "Devon Jersild’s beautiful novel is alchemic, bringing Marie Curie—the scientist, the lover, the mother, the immigrant, the Nobel Laureate—to life. This tense, moving, riveting story burns hot: it’s historical fiction at its very best."—Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the Witch"With a gimlet eye, Jersild . . . spotlight[s] the double ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Happy Hours

    Alcohol in a Woman's Life

    by Devon Jersild ...
    "[A] noteworthy examination of women and alcohol delivers compelling personal stories that illuminate previously neglected aspects of this devastating social problem." — Publishers WeeklyMixing cutting-edge research with affecting stories of women who struggle with alcohol problems, Happy Hours challenges our assumptions and expands our awareness of the role alcohol plays in women's lives.In this ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Saturation

    The psychological experience of withdrawal after years of drinking four bottles of wine a day, every day, evokes the image of my mind being warped and stretched over an Event Horizon as it's about to be sucked through a Black Hole.My story will take the reader through my experiences of late stage alcoholism, two arrests by my new husband of three months, and my subsequent adventures through and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cleaning Up: How I Gave Up Drinking and Lived

    How I Gave Up Drinking and Lived

    by Tania Glyde ...
    Imagine not drinking a bottle of wine before making a pass; not moving in like a starving cat when someone is at the bar; not apologising for something you don't remember doing. Once upon a time, Tania Glyde couldn't imagine living any other way. She wondered whether she had a problem, but so many people drank more and as a clock-watching 6pm-er who hardly ever threw up in public, by general ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Her Best-Kept Secret

    Why Women Drink-And How They Can Regain Control

    For readers of Quit Like a Woman, this “engaging account of women and drink, [cites] fascinating studies about modern stressors…and evidence that some problem drinkers can learn moderation….Bound to stir controversy” (People).In Her Best-Kept Secret, journalist Gabrielle Glaser uncovers a hidden-in-plain-sight drinking epidemic. Using “investigative rigor and thoughtful analysis” (The Boston Globe ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • From Death Do I Part: How I Freed Myself From Addiction

    by Amy Lee Coy ...
    "From Death Do I Part" is written for all addicts and their loved ones, but especially for those who have not been helped by Alcoholics Anonymous or drug and alcohol rehab. Amy shares with us in such a way that not only is the reader engaged in her often gripping, always revealing stories, but they are also warmly invited into her healing process so that they may learn to heal themselves as well. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unwasted:

    My Lush Sobriety

    “Triumphant, moving, and wildly entertaining. This is an unabashed and completely relatable account of getting clean and getting a life.”—Steve Geng, author of Thick as ThievesThe single glass of wine with dinner . . . the cold beer on a hot day . . . the champagne flute raised in a toast . . . what I’d drink if Hunter S. Thompson wanted to get wasted with me . . . these are my fantasies lately. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery

    Twenty True Stories from the Soul

    by Barbara Sinor ...
    Whether addicted or not, we all have stories to tellThe stories of tragedy and redemption found within Tales of Addiction are not about the well known celebrities you find in the usual tabloids. Rather, these stories are true-grit tales told by people you will never meet but whose words will haunt you for months, years maybe. The author collected the stories for over two years through a "call for ... Read more

    $6.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sober For Good

    New Solutions for Drinking Problems -- Advice from Those Who Have Succeeded

    Finally someone has gone straight to the real experts: hundreds of men and women who have resolved a drinking problem. The best-selling author Anne M. Fletcher asked them a simple question: how did you do it? The result is the first completely unbiased guide for problem drinkers, one that shatters long-held assumptions about alcohol recovery.Myth: AA is the only way to get sober.Reality: More than ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Drinking: A Love Story

    A Love Story

    Fifteen million Americans a year are plagued with alcoholism. Five million of them are women. Many of them, like Caroline Knapp, started in their early teens and began to use alcohol as "liquid armor," a way to protect themselves against the difficult realities of life. In this extraordinarily candid and revealing memoir, Knapp offers important insights not only about alcoholism, but about life ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Glass Half Full

    by Lucy Rocca ...
    Series series Addiction Recovery Series
    In April 2011, Lucy Rocca woke up in a hospital bed with no memory of how she had ended up there. After accepting that her drinking had spiralled out of control, she made the decision there and then to never touch alcohol again. However, the early days were a challenge, and Lucy began recording her journey in a blog as a way of helping herself move forward to a happy and sober future.For someone ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Sobering Truth: What You Don't Know Can Kill You

    by Jeff Herten ...
    For over thirty years author Dr. Jeff Herten was a high-functioning alcoholicone who drinks every day yet continues to lead a productive successful life. Now he shares how alcohol can destroy livesas it nearly destroyed his. Alcohol is the single greatest social ill in the U.S. Alcohol may lead to deadly cancers of the breast colon esophagus and liver. It rots our bones corrodes our stomach lining ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus