A review by hainyh
Lush: A Memoir by Kerry Cohen
4.0
Author Kerry Cohen reaches her early 40s and realises she has a drinking problem. Despite functioning perfectly normal and managing to maintain her job (as a therapist no less!) and dropping her children off to school every day, she's using alcohol to cope with all of her emotions. I devoured this book in just a few hours - I found Kerry's account absolutely fascinating. From reading her perspective, it's easy to see how someone can find themselves in this place without even realising, as the slide from regular social drinking to daily problematic drinking is pretty steady but at the times so gradual that alcoholism seemed to creep up on her.
This is a very easy read in terms of the writing style, as well as Kerry's frank and up-front honesty. I think I expected some drastic change at the end but it seems Kerry's changes to her behaviours were rather less dramatic and theatrical than I had hoped. I was so pleased to see a positive slant to finish with, but somehow I just expected a little *more* to round off Kerry's book.
This is a very easy read in terms of the writing style, as well as Kerry's frank and up-front honesty. I think I expected some drastic change at the end but it seems Kerry's changes to her behaviours were rather less dramatic and theatrical than I had hoped. I was so pleased to see a positive slant to finish with, but somehow I just expected a little *more* to round off Kerry's book.