Drunk Mom: A Memoir

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Then she went into St Brendan's psychiatric hospital where she had ECT (formerly known as electroshock therapy). Jowita is matter-of-fact, funny, fearless, and irreverent as she lifts the veil to chronicle what it means to be a young mother when both baby and mother have their own bottles — the shame and the inner voices, as well as the joy and relief.

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