Melissa Bond just wanted some relief from her post-pregnancy insomnia. Her doctor casually prescribed her a high dose of sleeping pills, which worked great for a few weeks. When she stopped sleeping again, they upped her dose, again and again, until her body became so addicted that quitting cold-turkey would kill her. She spent months tapering off the pills, visiting all kinds of doctors, and watching her marriage dissolve.

Blood Orange Night is an absolutely stunning memoir about motherhood, insomnia, and addiction to benzodiazepines, told in fiery prose.

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