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Product DescriptionA child caught in the horror of alcohol and drug addition. A mother helplessly standing by unable to save her. The Lost Years is the real life story of just such a mother and child, each giving their first-hand accounts of the years lost to addiction and despair. Kristina, the second of four children, tells how she turns to alcohol for comfort when she is thirteen. She gives a brutally honest description of her descent into addiction, prostitution, burglary and vio. . . More >>
The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter’s Worst Nightmare
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I heard these two on a late-night radio talk show and they seemed compelling enough (then again, at 4 am, on deadline and eager for any distraction, cleaning my kitchen floor might have seemed compelling).
Anyway, this is the usual Lifetime Television-caliber addiction saga:
1. Perfect teen daughter feels at odds with the world
2. finds that slugging her parents’ booze gives her the confidence and social lubrication that was always lacking in her life
3. shocks parents with boyfriend-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks
4. turns to hard drugs and prostitution
5. hits rock bottom
6 (or 7). goes to rehab, has a bad attitude
7 (or 6). finds God
7. goes back to rehab, has a remarkable, soul-searching turnaround
9. writes the de rigueur semi-tedious alternating she-says-she-says tome with her mom.
8. Oh, and, natch, she now devotes her life to, what else, addiction and recovery.
Sprinkle this with the obligatory contrast of perfect siblings, getting thrown off the swim team, the inevitable parental divorce and other endlessly fascinating suburban snippets — you get the picture.
There is some charm, originality and restrained character in the daughter, but the mother’s contribution — both in her endless, soulless chapters in the book and in her appearances in the daughter’s scribblings– is so dreary, self-serving, flat and dull that I was ready for a bottle and a needle myself.
Unless you’re really jonesing for an addiction book and there’s NOTHING else around, give this one a miss. Yawn.
Don’t get me
Rating: 2 / 5
The shipping time was less than a week and the book was in perfect condition!
Rating: 5 / 5
The Lost Years is an absolute must read for anyone suffering from addiction, or who has a family member or friend suffering from the disease of addiction. Straight from the heart, The Lost Years provides a detailed, honest look into the disease of addiction and the long road to recovery. The Lost Years is the best book on addiction that there is.
Rating: 5 / 5
Excellent book reflecting the most important aspect of life:
Facing our best selves, overcoming addiction, choosing to live and love.
Impelling, heartfelt reading providing hope and tools for
recovery. Could save your life, your families life!
Thanks to authors for writing this.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a truly Amazing book. I had to put it down 5 times and just bawl my eyes out. It took me only 3 days to read it which is SUPER fast for me. My self bing a recovering addict it is a heart wrencking yet inspirationally story of how far you can go do and still pull your self out. Good for the mother who was able to give her Daughter the tough love she needed. As difficult as it was.
Rating: 5 / 5