Shuggie Bain

two kids talk about their inebriated mothers. one of them says something along the lines of: that's what alcoholics want — to die. it's just that some take the long road.

and: there is nothing you can do to help.

Shuggie Bain is a book about losing one's self to the coldness of addiction. losing what you were and what you could be, and losing the people you care about.

it is also about finding oneself. or rather, finding out that you are not actually lost, you just are. and you should start owning your self.


i liked this book. it is an emotional story. a good story, in its tragedy and realism.