I Wore the Ocean in the Shape of a Girl: A Memoir

by Kelle Groom

Book Overview

Now in paperback-- "The triumph of Kelle Groom's memoir lies in her plangent, poetic prose as she lays bare the onset of her alcoholism at age fifteen, the child she bore and gave up at nineteen, and her dead-end jobs, upset parents, blackouts, hookups, and, eventually, slow and steadfast embrace of a sober, creative life" ( Elle ). At the age of fifteen, Kelle Groom found that alcohol allowed her to connect with people and explore intimacy in ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451616694
• ISBN13: 9781451616699
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"