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    Stash: My Life in Hiding
    Stash: My Life in Hiding
    Stash: My Life in Hiding
    Audiobook9 hours

    Stash: My Life in Hiding

    Written by Laura Cathcart Robbins

    Narrated by Laura Cathcart Robbins

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    “An emotionally absorbing and swiftly paced multisensory experience.” —The New York Times Book Review

    Named a Best Memoir of 2023 by Elle

    In the vein of Somebody’s Daughter, this wild, vivid addiction memoir from the host of the podcast The Only One in the Room “will inspire, awe, entertain, educate, and help so many readers” (Christie Tate, New York Times bestselling author) with a journey to sobriety and self-love amidst privilege and racism.

    After years of hiding her addiction from everyone—stockpiling pills in her Louboutins and elaborately scheduling her withdrawals between PTA meetings, baby showers, and tennis matches—Laura Cathcart Robbins is running out of places to hide.

    She has learned the hard way that even her high-profile marriage and Hollywood lifestyle can’t protect her from the pain she’s keeping bottled up inside. Facing divorce, the possibility of a grueling custody battle, and the insistent voice of internalized racism that nags at her as a Black woman in a startlingly white world, Laura wonders just how much more she can take.

    Now, with courageous and candid openness, she reveals how she started the long journey towards sobriety, unexpectedly found new love, and dismantled the wall she had built around herself, brick by brick. With its raw, finely crafted, and engaging prose, Stash is “emotionally riveting…usher[ing] in a new way for us to talk and read about the paradoxes of addiction, race, family, class, and gender.” (Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy).

    Editor's Note

    Unflinchingly honest…

    Though the author dedicates much of this book to her sobriety journey, “Stash” is much more than an addiction memoir. Robbins, host of the podcast “The Only One in the Room,” opens up about living a lie and the toll dishonesty takes on our joy and humanity. The result is an unflinchingly honest account of a complicated life and the determination to live it as well as possible.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateMar 7, 2023
    ISBN9781797153940
    Author

    Laura Cathcart Robbins

    Laura Cathcart Robbins is an author, freelance writer, speaker, and host of the popular podcast The Only One in the Room. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Her recent articles in HuffPost and The Temper on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2022 TEDx Speaker, and an LA Moth StorySlam winner. Currently, she sits on the advisory boards of the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ Podcast Festival. She lives in California. Follow her on Instagram @LauraCathcartRobbins and find out more at TheOnlyOnePod.com.

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    • 5/5
      Well written & really interesting perspective! Great read that kept me engaged.

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    • 5/5
      Wonderful read. Raw vulnerability with a sense of humor. Couldn’t put it down!

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    • 5/5
      This book is heart wrenching.. painfully honest and it is delivered in such humorous tones! I was captivated by the incredibly painful self talk the author experienced daily and I’m inspired to reach out to the person in my life who I see on these pages! Thank you Laura

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    • 5/5
      Amazing book. I can identify with a lot of elements and feelings from this book.
    • 5/5
      What an honest and raw account! I appreciate the transparency, even when it must’ve been hard to admit the truth, much less put it out there for the world to read. I got so invested that I actually felt proud of her as the book came to an end. It’s a great way to spend an afternoon, I highly recommend it!