Toxic

Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith is a recovering alcoholic mother of five who believes that no matter how low a person can get there is a way out other than death. And she should know. After growing up in a hate-filled household she thought she had found domestic bliss with the love of her life. But his toxic emotional abuse drove her into a very different relationship - with vodka. After marriage therapy group therapy a spell in a psychiatric unit a second failed marriage and a relationship with a man who encouraged her to commit suicide she hit rock bottom. On the verge of death she was struck by the need to be a mother to her five children and fought her way back to health - and sobriety. Life got better. And better. And now she has peace.
Moving intimate and yet enormously witty this is the story of an ordinary woman with an unfortunate start in life... and an extraordinary talent for writing. This book creates a whole new genre: Lit-Mis with Laughs.