Sober Mom
A Memoir
$29.75
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2026
Summary
For fans of The Many Lives of Mama Love and the many women struggling with addiction while raising families, a candid recovery memoir chronicling one suburban New Jersey mother’s journey from secret vodka binges to sobriety.
Liz Jannuzzi’s life is unraveling: a failing marriage, three young children to care for, and a vodka bottle hidden behind the coffee maker. Her alcoholism, a family legacy that has already claimed her brother’s life, threatens to destroy everything she lo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896363484 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Elizabeth Jannuzzi |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
A Zibby Owens Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2026
“With candor, wit, and unflinching self-awareness, Elizabeth Jannuzzi invites us into the messy middle of addiction, motherhood, and recovery—not as a morality tale, but as a mirror. Sober Mom is both a confession and a celebration of what happens when a woman stops pretending and starts telling the truth.”—Lara Love Hardin, New York Times best-selling author of The Many Lives of Mama Love
“Sober Mom is a courageous and moving portrait of a woman who, against all odds, reclaims her life. With honesty and tenderness, Jannuzzi shows the reader, step by step, that anything is possible”—Mary Beth Keane, author of the New York Times bestseller Ask Again, Yes
“Here are the 12 steps for encountering Sober Mom: 1) Buy the book. 2) Read this brave, authentic, and moving account of battling alcoholism. 3) Wish you were this strong. 4) Read it again. 5) Know you are this strong. 6-10) Repeat steps 2-4 as needed. 11) Keep it nearby, preferably now decorated with passages you’ve underlined and highlighted for inspiration. 12) Recommend Sober Mom to someone else.”—Sue William Silverman, author, Selected Misdemeanors
“Sober Mom offers a bracingly honest account of one woman’s journey toward sobriety. An important addition to the addiction-and-recovery canon, Elizabeth Jannuzzi’s moving, layered, stigma-dispelling story will inspire and embolden women and mothers who struggle with alcoholism.”—Sari Botton, author of And You May Find Yourself … and editor of Oldster Magazine
Elizabeth Jannuzzi
Elizabeth Jannuzzi writes about loss, motherhood, and recovery from alcoholism. Her essays have been featured in The Rumpus, Memoir Monday, and other publications. A finalist in the 2016 International Literary Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Contest, she has received multiple recognitions, including a Best of the Net nomination in 2023. Elizabeth serves as a program director at Project Write Now, a nonprofit writing organization, writes a weekly Substack newsletter, and is currently working on a second memoir about her journey through loss and grief. She lives in Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
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