TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University of Alabama EveryWoman Book Club will meet to discuss the book “Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood” by Koren Zailckas on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Starbucks.

Publishers Weekly calls the book “a valuable cautionary tale.” At 24 (her present age), Zailckas gave up drinking after a decade of getting drunk, having blackouts and experiencing brushes with comas, date rape and suicide. She weaves disturbing statistics of teenage drinking and is unsparingly insightful and acutely aware of what drinking can and does do to girls. Her book is deeply moving, written in poetic, nuanced prose that never obscures the dangerous truths she seeks to reveal.

All members of the community and campus are welcome to attend. For more information, contact the UA Women’s Resource Center at 205/348-5040 or go to http://wrc.ua.edu.