Unshaming

“Bydlowska’s confessional tone and trenchant self-reflection make the memoir an excellent read… overall, this is a page-turner that’s full of vulnerability and heart. A poignant memoir about addiction, shame, and recovery.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Bydlowska writes with humility and lucidity about the mercurial nature of addiction, avoiding easy platitudes or excessive self-regard as she details the hard work of maintaining sobriety… Her generous and frank chronicle will, like Drunk Mom before it, resonate with readers battling demons of their own.”
—Publisher’s Weekly

“Sobriety is a rickety roller coaster in the powerful memoir Unshaming, about addiction, recovery, and regret.”
—Foreword Reviews

“Unshaming at times tests the bounds of a reader’s comfort, but it feels like that’s precisely the point… Bydlowska has a distinctive narrative voice and she powerfully lays bare her personal experience with – and feelings around – alcohol, and the shame of being a “chronic relapser,” and in doing so offers healing, freedom, and empathy to those who have grappled with these kinds of feelings themselves – addiction-related or otherwise.”
—Quill & Quire

Jowita Bydlowska is the author of the memoir Drunk Mom, and the novels Guy, Possessed, and Monster. She’s also a prolific short-story writer, journalist, and a professor at the Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University. She was born in Warsaw, Poland and came to Canada as a teenager. She lives in Toronto with her son and their chihuahua.

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