Starfish: A Memoir - Brossura

George, Donna M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1458204677 ISBN 13: 9781458204677

Casa editrice: Abbott Pr, 2012

Riassunto

In 1982, Donna George is no longer a California free spirit; she's a hardcore heroin addict, incapable of mothering her two young daughters. When she's arrested for prescription forgery, she must choose between jail and Sunflower House, a mysterious long-term rehab that local addicts speak of with dread.

Donna fears the confrontational program, but nothing else has worked. To make it through Sunflower House and get her children back, she will have to fight for her life. She has to allow Staff to break down her walls, so that she might become reachable.

In STARFISH, Donna writes unflinchingly of her journey to recovery. She reveals how she abandoned her children in the pursuit of drugs, and shows how tough love broke through her denial. An intimate, gritty, and inspiring story.

"A courageous, literary gift to the reader that provides an extraordinary look into pain, forgiveness and ultimately the kind of redemption that lifts the soul and saves us all from losing our compassion."

-Stacey Remick-Simkins, English Department,

George Mason University

Su questo libro

L'autore:

When Donna George was a child, she wrote newspapers and sold them door to door. She wrote stories and comic books for the other children to read, and plays which she directed on picnic tables. When she didn't have paper she wrote on napkins, or in the margins of old books. She has written STARFISH to honor that child, and the winding paths we sometimes take to reclaim our destinies.

Product Description:

Book by George Donna M

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Abbott Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1458204677
• ISBN 13: 9781458204677
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 292