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Highlights
- Wife Mother Drunk is an intergenerational memoir recounting the author's harrowing struggle with alcoholism, tracing it back through her ancestry to the times of the pioneers when the seeds of trauma were first planted, long before they overtook her otherwise loving life.
- About the Author: Emily Redondo is a writer whose articles about recovery and motherhood have been published in Love What Matters, Genius Recovery, and Legacy Launchpad.
- 304 Pages
- Self Improvement, Substance Abuse & Addictions
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Wife Mother Drunk is an intergenerational memoir recounting the author's harrowing struggle with alcoholism, tracing it back through her ancestry to the times of the pioneers when the seeds of trauma were first planted, long before they overtook her otherwise loving life. Wife Mother Drunk is a rare feat in the now infamous genre of "quit lit" - it eschews much of the usual rhetoric around rock bottoms and happy endings to offer a far more stark and realistic view of addiction and the road to healing. After having her fourth and last baby, Emily Redonodo found herself in rehab with a breast pump and a five-week old at home. On the surface, she looked like every other suburban mom, replete with dance bags and mini van, but inside, she was in a harrowing dance with alcoholism, drinking from morning until night, stealing alcohol from liquor stores, and finding herself arrested for a DUI with a four-year old in the backseat. Wife Mother Drunk tells the story of Emily's decades-long battle against her disease while also confronting generations of inherited trauma and addiction. As she writes, "I come from pioneers." In this incredible book, Emily investigates those dusty-earth roots to understand how women process trauma, heartbreak, and centuries of putting their children before their own well-being. As Emily untangles the web of female addiciton in her own family line, she uncovers all the ways her life has become the ultimate consequence of others' unhealed trauma. This is a book like few others on addiction, in that Emily doesn't just wake up sober one day. After twenty institutions, all while being a stay-at-home mom raising her children, Emily walks an awkward yet gentle road towards recovery, even as she is forced to face the consequences of her own trauma, through heart-breaking diagnoses and her long-term neurolofical damage caused by alcohol. Wife Mother Drunk is a searing, heartbreaking portrait of a woman caught in the grips of addiction but also a mother whose greatest hope is the love for her children.About the Author
Emily Redondo is a writer whose articles about recovery and motherhood have been published in Love What Matters, Genius Recovery, and Legacy Launchpad. She lives in Dallas, TX with her husband Pete and their four children.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W)
Weight: 1.09 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 304
Genre: Self Improvement
Sub-Genre: Substance Abuse & Addictions
Publisher: Rise Books
Theme: Alcohol
Format: Hardcover
Author: Emily Redondo
Language: English
Street Date: October 21, 2025
TCIN: 90183253
UPC: 9781959524076
Item Number (DPCI): 247-30-8388
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 1.09 pounds
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