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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Presents an exploration of addiction that blends memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and journalistic reportage to analyze the role of stories in conveying the addiction experience, sharing insights based on the lives of artists whose achievements were shaped by addiction.
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Through more than 20 years of recovery from addiction, noted yoga teacher Tommy Rosen learned a lot about what works and what doesn't work in recovery. From his explorations on the yoga mat and in 12-Step rooms, he found a path to sustainable recovery that includes mind-body practices, a profound look at diet, and a more holistic and inclusive perspective on the 12 Steps. This led him to realize that recovery happens in stages, and that by utilizing...
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Sydney's spent years burying her past and building a better life for herself and her eleven-year old son. A respectable marketing job, a house with reclaimed and sustainable furniture, and a boyfriend who loves her son and accepts her, flaws and all. But when she opens her front door and a masked intruder knocks her briefly unconscious, everything begins to unravel. She wakes in the hospital and tells a harrowing story of escape. Of dashing out a...
8) Just thieves
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A down and dirty gem of a tale--a twisty and twisted crime novel that evokes the worlds of George V. Higgins, Patricia Highsmith, and David Mamet, destined to be a Neo-noir classic. Rick and Frank are recovering addicts and accomplished house thieves. They do not steal randomly - - they steal according to order, hired by a mysterious handler. The jobs run routinely until they're tasked with taking a seemingly worthless trophy: an object that generates...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A gripping portrait of a tumultuous, consuming relationship between a young woman and a recovering addict. When Leah Kempler meets Charlie Nelson in line at the grocery store, their connection is immediate and intense. Charlie, with his big feelings and grand proclamations of love, captivates her completely. But there are peculiarities of his life -- he's older than her but lives with his parents; he meets up with a friend at odd hours of the night;...
10) Starlight nights
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Former television star Calista Beckett is trying to live a normal life as a college student, but when her former costar, Eric Stone, shows up and tries to convince her to return to California, she becomes even more determined to keep him out of her life.
Author
Publisher
Rise Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After her husband's tragic death, recovering addict Jane, a former producer for one of television's biggest broadcasters, must confront her past and the potential she abandoned years before when she, negotiating between advocacy and exploitation, must decide if she's willing to fight for the dream she left behind.
Author
Publisher
Baker Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"We live in an addictive age, and many people are suffering silently. For anyone who is called to counsel those with addictions, The Quick-Reference Guide to Addictions and Recovery Counseling will be a welcome guide to bring hope, life, and freedom.This A-Z guide gives pastors, professional counselors, and lay helpers the information they need to help recovering church members, clients, and friends work through the spiritual and emotional issues...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
Lenny Duncan's memoir about growing up Black and queer in the United States. He recounts his experiences hitchhiking across the country, spending time in solitary confinement, battling addiction, and discovering a deep faith.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a different perspective. In My Own Moccasins is an unflinching account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds brought on by sexual violence. It is also the story of sisterhood, the power of ceremony, the love of family, and the possibility of redemption. With gripping moments of withdrawal, times of spiritual awareness, and historical...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A gripping Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing their troubled pasts and the crimes that could cost them their lives. In Locksburg, Pennsylvania, a former coal and steel town whose best days seem long past, five thousand residents have toughed it out, and have reasons for both worry and hope as this neglected place teeters between decay and renewal. For some of them, their biggest troubles...
19) No future
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After the tragic overdose of his estranged friend, Will, a recovering addict, returns home, where he is reunited with Claire, his friend's grieving mother, with whom he begins a secret but volatile affair.
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