Loaded: Women and Addiction

by Jill Talbot and Annabeth Albert

Book Overview

Having an addiction can follow the path of a great relationship that goes sour: there's the first blush of romance, the seduction ("you know you want to"), and the downward spiral into either obsession or breaking free.

Jill Talbot is no stranger to addiction. Part autobiography, part expos , Loaded: Women and Addiction weaves Talbot's own battles with addiction with various addiction stories of other women. The result is a captivating,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580052185
• ISBN13: 9781580052184
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

My Newest Literary Treasure

This book is `loaded!' Though I'm not an addict, the writing craft and strength alone had me flipping madly through this book. . . Too quickly to really give justice to it's depth. Talbot shows a space that people tend to be uncomfortable with by candidly and delicately taking the reader directly into the heart of addiction. The intelligent courage within the pages of this book has me on my own journey of self-reflection targeting some of my own vulnerabilities, leaving me running lines like "I wonder, then, do we only see our own location within the geography of distance?" through my mind again and again. The book has replaced 'The Year of Magical Thinking' to become my newest literary treasure.

Another kind of "place" novel.

"Loaded" is a journey about searching for significance in every passing moment. It's the real story about love and leaving. It addresses the whole truths women experience but don't want to talk about. Your eyes will open, your heart will hurt, and your past will come back.

Life Itself, Beautifully Rendered

Jill Talbot has lived the life your mother always warned you about. "Loaded" is the rare cautionary tale, sometimes seductive, often harrowing, that doesn't pretend there are easy answers to our most pressing questions or a comforting moral to every story. In other words, it's one of the most honest true stories I've ever read.