Solid State Books Drugs Book Club

Solid State Books is one of DC's finest independent Black bookstores, with locations in the historic H Street NE and the 14th Street NW corridors. Offering a wide selection of new books for adults & children, and featuring literary gifts of all kinds. Serving coffee, beer, wine, & snacks at 600 H St NE from 10am-9pm every day. Open at 9am on the weekends. 180914th Street location is open 10-9pm, with 7pm closing on Sun & Mon. Contact us at books@solidstatebooksdc.com

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SSB's Drugs Book Club ; Stash by Laura Cathcart Robbins

Join us for the 6th get-together of SSB&#x27;s Drugs Book Club. We&#x27;ll be discussing Stash by Laura Cathcart Robbins/The host of the popular podcast, The Only One in the Room, gives fans a voice-driven, gripping, and propulsive addiction memoir. Her story is one of a wealthy Black woman on a journey to become whole while grappling with issues of substance abuse, race, class, self-sabotage, and love. Inspired by the response to her Huffington Post piece about her experience on being the only Black woman in the room at the 600-person famed writer&#x27;s retreat, Brave Magic, Laura Cathcart Robbins explores the secrets she&#x27;s harbored for years despite appearing as a curated presentation of herself.Praise for Stash&quot;An irresistibly delicious story you cannot stop feasting on, that will sit in your bones and write over your memory like it happened to you. You have to read this book.&quot; - Holly Whittaker, New York Times bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman&quot;In Stash, Laura Cathcart Robbins pulls back the curtain on her addiction to alcohol and pills to give readers a close-up look at the desperation of a young mother in the grips of a deadly disease. Robbins explores the high price of keeping secrets and curating a false persona, which helped her survive an abusive stepfather, but fueled her addiction later in life. Robbins writes with unparalleled humor and compassion for everyone in her story, including herself, without glossing over the misdeeds that necessarily accompanied her addiction. Readers will cheer Robbins as she slowly learns to trust others, and most triumphantly, trust the still, small voice inside her, urging her toward sobriety and freedom. Robbins&#x27; compelling story will inspire, awe, entertain, educate, and help so many readers.&quot; - Christine Tate, New York Times bestselling author of Group (9/27/2022)

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