I do not know the publication year but I remember reading this book in the late 1970s. The book is about a teenage girl taking care of her younger sister an alcoholic mother. She has all of the responsibilities of an adult because her mother is a very heavy drinker. In the book I remember reading when the teenage girl has a birthday party for her younger sister and the mother promises to stay upstairs in her room during the time of the party decides to come downstairs and is very drunk and it is very obvious to her friends and It embarrasses the younger sister.
A high-school girl gradually comes to an understanding of her mother's drinking problem and the extent to which she can control its effect on her life. A high-school girl gradually comes to an understanding of her mother's drinking problem and the extent to which she can control its effect on her life. ...more