Meet New York Times bestselling AUTHOR SARAH HEPOLA AT YOUR DALLAS
FLAGSHIP HALF PRICE BOOKS ON FRIDAY, January 24th at 7 p.m. ABOUT THE
AUTHOR SARAH HEPOLA IS THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER,
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. Her writing has
appeared in TEXAS Monthly, Elle, Glamour, The Guardian, the New York
Times magazine, D Magazine, and Salon, where she was a longtime
editor. She is currently writing a memoir about an ambivalent
single-hood called Unattached. ABOUT BLACKOUT For SARAH HEPOLA,
alcohol was "the gasoline of all adventure." She spent her evenings at
cocktail parties and dark bars where she proudly stayed till last
call. Drinking felt like freedom, part of her birthright as a strong,
enlightened twenty-first-century woman. But there was a price. She
often blacked out, waking up with a blank space where four hours
should be. Mornings became detective work on her own life. What did I
say last night? How did I meet that guy? She apologized for things she
couldn't remember doing, as though she were cleaning up after an evil
twin. Publicly, she covered her shame with self-deprecating jokes, and
her career flourished, but as the blackouts accumulated, she could no
longer avoid a sinking truth. The fuel she thought she needed was
draining her spirit instead. A memoir of unblinking honesty and
poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, BLACKOUT is the story of a woman
stumbling into a new kind of adventure--the sober life she never
wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person
she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she
once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with
anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of
necessary change. It's about giving up the thing you cherish most--but
getting yourself back in return. *Includes Reading Group Guide*
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