Lush, Kerry Cohen
Lush, Kerry Cohen
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Lush
A Memoir

Author: Kerry Cohen

Narrator: Allyson Ryan

Unabridged: 5 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/17/2018


Synopsis

"For those of us wrestling with demons—and who isn't?—Lush is a solace as powerful as red wine." —CLAIRE DEDERER, bestselling author of Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning

When Kerry Cohen reached her early forties, she realized she had a drinking problem—just enough to blur the edges of her life that had become a monotony of working, carpooling the kids to school, and everyday distractions. What she also realized was that she wasn't the only one.

Lush is a gripping memoir that examines Kerry's struggles with alcohol, a struggle that a rising number of middle-aged women are facing today, as alcohol dependency among females drastically increases. A wonderfully poignant and relatable follow-up to her bestselling memoir Loose Girl, Lush follows Kerry as she attempts to rediscover the awe in her life, leaving mistakes, regrets, and the bottle behind her.

About Kerry Cohen

Kerry Cohen is a doctor of clinical psychology and works as a licensed therapist in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of the memoirs Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, Seeing Ezra: A Mother's Journey Through Autism, Unconditional Love, and the Meaning of Normal, and Girl Trouble. Her work has been featured in the New York Times and Washington Post, and she has been a guest on Dr. Phil and Good Morning America. Her story was also featured on WE Network as part of the documentary The Secret Lives of Women.


Reviews

It’s hard to rate a memoir like this, but I really liked the author and her feisty personality. No one should tell her what to do and she discovered her own way out of addiction. I have respect for that. What I also liked was how she underlined that every story has two sides, and she made that clear......more

A different way of dealing with addiction by Kerry Cohen. She shares her issues with love, sex, smoking, and alcohol addictions and how they affected her life. What she did after two marriages and divorces to make lasting changes to keep problems from being such a negative impact on her career and p......more

Goodreads review by Laura

This is a poorly written book by someone who works as an MFA instructor. If I needed any more proof MFAs are overrated, this is it. A few pages into the book I was so taken aback by the poor writing I asked aloud "who published this?" I looked at the spine and did not recognize the house. There are t......more

Goodreads review by Cecily

It's hard to know what to say about this book. I want to say I loved but I just can't. As a journalist, I believe everyone has a story and many are worth printing. But this one...not so much. It gets monotonous. This reads more like a diary with a few very short references to what experts have to sa......more