R. Burrow

In Handcuffs (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a fictionalized memoir that shows the next series of episodes that occur in the life of Jill Walker, the heroine in "The Tree Outside the Window." It is also great as a standalone book. This is a story about power and control, the loss of control of your own life and overcoming life's problems. The book relates to addiction: heroin and other opiates, benzos, Methadone, and all of the dependencies that people go through since early childhood. Everyday life in the Methadone Clinic is described. We see portions of the lives of a number of interesting characters who are enmeshed in the drug subculture and controlled by their addictions and the destruction of their lives. Addicts have referred to being on Methadone as being "In Handcuffs." Addictions affect all aspects of our lives. But there is hope for solutions if you work hard enough and have faith in yourself. Jill ultimately finds some form of redemption. If you read this story, it'll make you laugh; but it will also make you cry, though it will inform, enlighten and entertain you.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: R. Burrow
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781311868671
• Artikelnr.: 48023074

Autorenporträt

R. Burrow grew up in a small, hilly town in West Virginia. In her teens, she traveled to various parts of Europe with her family, and went to school in the U.K. Before graduating high school, she began to suffer from symptoms of schizophrenia, and would continue to struggle with the illness for the next ten years of her life. During this time, she was able to travel to Buffalo, and attended the State University of New York, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. She made great strides in fighting the long, hard battle with mental illness and married a man she loved, Martin, and settled in Upstate New York. After years of living a quiet home life, she felt a sudden and strong desire to tell her story; it was then, at age 31, that she began to write about her experiences, in the hope that it would educate and inform others from the rarely-heard point of view of the patient. The material seemed to flow almost effortlessly, and the novel was completed in a year and a half. About the same time The Tree Outside The Window was published, the author was blessed with a beautiful boy, James. In the following years she wrote a collection of short stories as well as another long fiction novel about her problems with opiate abuse, entitled In Handcuffs.