Bibliograph

Quit like a woman, the radical choice to not drink in a culture obsessed with alcohol, Holly Whitaker

Type

Label

Quit like a woman, the radical choice to not drink in a culture obsessed with alcohol, Holly Whitaker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Quit like a woman

Responsibility statement

Holly Whitaker

Sub title

the radical choice to not drink in a culture obsessed with alcohol

Summary

Holly's story was that of all the women who try to conform to a life they are told they should want, one that looks good on paper and in movies. She drank green juice and made all the right sounds with men she didn't really like and killed it in the board room and had a yoga-tight body. She did all the right things until all the right things left her prostrate, drunk, on the floor of her apartment. But when she started to look for a way to recover, the support systems she found for sobriety were archaic and patriarchal. Urging drinkers towards a newfound humility is great if you're a man, but if you're a woman and not in a position to renounce privileges you never had, a whole other approach is needed. Quit Like a Woman is a memoir which is also a call to arms, a revolution against everything we assume is true about alcohol and addiction, and a celebration of learning how to claim everything life has to offer

resource.variantTitle

Quit like a man

Classification