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The shame of being an alcoholic mother

Julia Hamilton and her daughter Arabella Byrne share their experiences of an addiction that seemed ‘baked into them like a curse’, and the special stigma they felt attached to them

9 November 2024

9:00 AM

9 November 2024

9:00 AM

In the Blood: On Mothers, Daughters and Addiction Arabella Byrne and Julia Hamilton

HarperCollins, pp.304, 16.99

Recollections of crimes, misdemeanours and shameful stories can pall, especially when viewed through the bleary-eyed lens of alcohol. But In the Blood, a memoir of devastating claritythe result of an unprecedented collaboration between a mother and daughter whose alcoholic gene was ‘baked into them like a curse’ – provides a frightening insight into the labyrinthine workings of the addict’s devious mind.

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