Welcome to Celebrity Book Club. I'm your host Chelsea Devantes. Each week on this

podcast we recap, dissect, and celebrate a female celebrity memoir and really get into all the struggles,

all the triumphs, and how they made it through.

Not to mention some incredible behind the scenes Hollywood dish.

This week we are book clubbing Drew Barrymore's very first memoir written in 1990, titled

Little Girl Lost.

This book was written by Drew when she was 14 years old and it is

about becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol starting when she was just nine years old.

And you know it's a book about what happens

when a bunch of adults get it in their head

that a 14-year-old girl should write a book

to save her reputation after going to rehab,

which, you know, at times led me to throw my copy of the book

across the room, but it was a wild read and I am so excited for this episode.

Part of the problem sounds like that you grew up too soon.

At first I really didn't know the difference. I like six years old hanging out with a

bunch of 25 year olds. I liked being around all the people. I felt like I could relate to them better.

Why?

Just because they were more experienced, you know, I didn't want to go off and play Barbies. I wanted to go out

to a cloudy dance.

So we're going to get into the Drew episode.

Some important things to know is that, again,

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