jen shortt                                                                                                     11-4-16
       
                                               smashed (story of a drunken childhood) by koren zailckas
                       


                                 a girl who has no clue what's going to happen to her and has no clue where her future is going,  binge drinking from a young age to non-stop to her college years. Zailckas started drinking right when she hit 14 years old and it all just went downhill from there. so far zailckas is going to all different parties on the weekends and usually, she is the only one that brings alcohol with her leading to everyone wanting to try it for the first time. with alcohol she starts to use it as a copping method with not being self-confident,  having self-shame and starting to hate herself. it all leads to stomach pumping and waking up next to her friend and having no clue where you are and who's house you are in. so far I like this book the beginning is a little slow and boring not much going on but I realize as far as I get into the book it is more interesting. I got interested in this book by the cover by it just saying "smashed" relating to a girl being an alcoholic. which she is a teenager so I thought it would be a good book to read about people in my age range because I know people that are struggling with this as well. I think this book is worth reading to educate people and show that drinking so heavily at a young age can damage lives.