Linda Dahl

The Bad Dream Notebook (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

John and Erica Mason-Grey are hard-working artists and loving parentsbut when John dies, their teenage daughter Mona's casual drug use spirals into heroin addiction. She and her mother soon begin an anguished game of hide-and-seek leading to countless arguments, arrests, thefts, rehabs, and relapse, a recurring nightmare that seems to have no end. Ultimately, it's only when each of them finds a way to accept their new realityMona by taking charge of her own recovery, and Erica by focusing on her own vitalitythat each experiences the unexpected joy and renewal that await those who decide to stop living in the bad dream of addiction. Unflinching about the ways the disease of addiction can torpedo a family yet leavened with dollops of humor, The Bad Dream Notebook will resonate with anyone who has lived through the agony of a loved one's drug dependency.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781631522956
• Artikelnr.: 48815611

Autorenporträt

Linda Dahl began writing as a freelancer about two passions, jazz and Latin America, before turning to fiction. She has written ten published books, including the novels Tiny Vices, An Upside-Down Sky, Gringa in a Strange Land, and The Bad Dream Notebook, and the nonfiction works Stormy Weather and Morning Glory. Her books have consistently garnered awards and praise, including a Notable Book of the Year nod from The New York Times Book Review for Morning Glory in 2000. Linda loves reading, swimming, music, and doing volunteer work in her community. She lives in Riverdale, New York.