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Smacked : a story of white-collar ambition, addiction, and tragedy / Eilene Zimmerman.

by Zimmerman, Eilene.

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Random House, 2020.

Zimmerman, Eilene.

Zimmerman, Peter, -2015.

Lawyers -- Drug use -- United States.

Drug addiction -- United States.

Drug addicts -- United States -- Biography.

White collar workers -- Drug use -- United States.

9780525511007 (hc.)

xiii, 246 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pagse 227-246).

"Eilene Zimmerman's ex-husband, Peter, had it all: He was a partner at a prestigious law firm, lived in a $2 million house by the beach, and had two great kids. Maintaining a friendly relationship, Eilene and Peter talked and saw each other frequently. But a few years after their divorce she started noticing erratic behavior: absenteeism, weight loss, constant exhaustion and sickness. Peter explained it away as stress from the pressures of his job, but Eilene couldn't shake the feeling that something else was wrong. Months later, when she finds him dead, she goes on a journey to investigate how a man she thought she knew had become a drug addict. Zimmerman also takes a wider look at other cases of white-collar drug use and the devastation it leaves behind, showing that addiction can strike anyone. The result is a look at both Peter's downward spiral and the drug epidemic among high-powered professionals, its impact on his family, and how a woman reconceives her life in the wake of loss."

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