{"product_id":"wasted","title":"Wasted","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2009 Elspeth Muir's youngest brother finished his last university  exam and went out with some mates to get drunk. Later that night he  wandered to the Story Bridge. He put his phone, wallet, T-shirt and  thongs on the walkway, climbed over the railing, and jumped thirty  metres into the Brisbane River below.\u003cbr\u003e Three days passed before police divers pulled his body out of the  water. When Alexander had drowned, his blood-alcohol reading was almost  0.3.\u003cbr\u003e Why do some of us drink so much, and what happens when we do? Fewer  young Australians are drinking heavily, but the rates of alcohol abuse  and associated problems-from blackouts to sexual assaults and one-punch  killings-are undiminished.\u003cbr\u003e Intimate and beautifully told, \u003ci\u003eWasted \u003c\/i\u003emixes memoir with  reportage to illuminate the sorrows, and the joys, of drinking. Muir  traces her own history with the bottle. She speaks with the father of a  boy who died in a drunken attack, and returns to Schoolies on the Gold  Coast. And she tries to make sense of her much-loved brother's death.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elspeth Muir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516738568253,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781922182135.jpg?v=1787570720","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/wasted","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}