A review by tbretc
Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy by Eilene Zimmerman

4.0

Gifted by @randomhouse | Smacked is a perfect balance of journalism and memoir. The book opens with a bang- at the behest of her children, a woman goes to her ex-husbands house for a wellness check and finds him dead on the floor. Not a spoiler- this is the story of how a man went from a family man and a chemist to a lawyer and addict. I found this to be very readable, and the author does a good job considering what it means about her and her biases that despite noticing his symptoms, she never even considered that he might be an addict. She did a good bit of research in writing this and shares some, but I thought it flowed and for the most part it didn’t interrupt her story. 4 stars from me!

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