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A review by booksrockcal
Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy by Eilene Zimmerman
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Another book about big law and its nefarious consequences, but a nonfiction book. Eilene is divorced from Peter but they share parenting their children and remain friends. Peter seems distracted and misses appointments; he is overly thin and says he was diagnosed with autoimmune disease. He is also a senior partner in a large law firm with a hefty salary, a house on the beach in Del Mar, sports cars, and a life most would envy. One day when Peter doesn't respond to calls Eilene goes to his house and finds him dead, the victim of infections caused by use of opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamines. How did she not know he was addicted to drugs? Eilene, a journalist, begins studying drugs and their effects and law firms and the people who work in them to better understand what happened to Peter. A compelling and highly readable book making me happy I migrated to the federal government from a big law firm