{"product_id":"loaded-women-and-addiction-9781580052184","title":"Loaded: Women and Addiction","description":"Having an addiction can follow the path of a great relationship that goes sour: there's the first blush of romance, the seduction (\"you know you want to\"), and the downward spiral into either obsession or breaking free. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJill Talbot is no stranger to addiction. Part autobiography, part expos?, \u003ci\u003eLoaded: Women and Addiction\u003c\/i\u003e weaves Talbot's own battles with addiction with various addiction stories of other women. The result is a captivating, honest look at the allure of addiction--be it to sex, drugs, alcohol, food, adventure, or infidelity--and ultimately its betrayal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough addiction can be seductive, if you're waking up with guilt or making choices that harm others, it's probably a clue that things are out of control. Throughout \u003ci\u003eLoaded, \u003c\/i\u003e Talbot's razor-sharp honesty, heartbreaking self-awareness, and resolve to reveal the difficult truth of her relationship with past and present addictions is humbling and sometimes gut-wrenching. In sharing her struggles and her resolve to attain control over her addictions, Talbot speaks her truth while sending a message of hope to women everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill Talbot received an MA in Creative Writing from University of Colorado at Boulder, where she was the recipient of the 2002 Jovanovich Prize in Poetry (judged by Quincy Troupe) and the 2003 Jovanovich Manuscript Prize, along with the John Barker Scholarship for Creative Writers and a CU Fellowship. She has a PhD in American Literature from Texas Tech University. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sun, Cimarron Review, Blue Mesa Review, Notre Dame Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIt's All Good\u003c\/i\u003e (Manic D Press). She is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Friction: Where (Non) Fictions Come Together\u003c\/i\u003e with novelist Charles Blackstone (The University of Texas Press, forthcoming 2008). She lives in Wichita, Kansas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seal Press (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900471611666,"sku":"9781580052184","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_051fe9df-13ff-4fa0-bbde-951aa48c7354.jpg?v=1738383488","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/loaded-women-and-addiction-9781580052184","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}