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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2019.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The wildly flawed and dysfunctional Kessler family--retired film producer Marty; his daughter Janine, a former child star; granddaughter Hailey; and long-forgotten first wife, Bunny--comes together in Malibu's most exclusive rehab center.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
As she worries about her mother who is entering a rehab facility for alcoholism, eleven-year-old Veronica struggles with secrets, her favorite sport softball, and what she really wants to do with her life.
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
xxvi, 212 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Whether it's an unhealthy consumption of junk foods or involvement in toxic relationships, it's undeniable we all struggle with destructive behaviors. Lawford takes a fresh look at addiction, and gives the coping and wellness skills necessary to overcome obstacles.
Author
Language
English
Description
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Life
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xii, 125 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Recovery offers tools and wisdom for convalescence, and shows how tending to our bodies, environments, and perspectives can help us move through the landscape of illness--and come out the other side whole"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
[Jason Sole]
Publication Date
2014.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The inspirational autobiography of Jason Marque Sole, a former drug dealer, leader of a notorious street gang, and a three-time convicted felon who completely turned his life around. Jason Sole is living proof that one can overcome the difficulties of poverty, gang membership, and violence.--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Non-Duality Press, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xvi, 188 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Natural Rest for Addiction is Scott Kiloby's book employing his unique perspective on recovering from addiction. Thoughts tell us that the present moment is lacking, and other thoughts lead us towards addictive substances and activities that provide only temporary relief from the uncomfortable emotions and sensations that we are trying to avoid. It stands to reason that if addiction is primarily a thinking problem, then more thinking won't help....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date
2015.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A memoir of unblinking honesty and poignant, laugh-out-loud humor, BLACKOUT is the story of a woman stumbling into a new kind of adventure--the sober life she never wanted. Shining a light into her blackouts, she discovers the person she buried, as well as the confidence, intimacy, and creativity she once believed came only from a bottle. Her tale will resonate with anyone who has been forced to reinvent or struggled in the face of necessary change....
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to a remote reform program for troubled teens by a juvenile court judge. But when he arrives at the camp, located on the edge of the vast wilderness of northwestern Montana, he immediately recognizes that there is something off about the counselors. They’re too friendly and upbeat, yet Ben can tell there’s an undercurrent of menace. As he gets to know the boys in his cabin, he soon discovers that they each...
Author
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Beauregard "Bug" Montage is a man with many different titles: husband, father, friend, honest car mechanic. But before he gave it up, Bug used to be known from the hills of North Carolina to the beaches of Florida as the best Wheel Man on the East Coast. After a series...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Maureen and Bridget, two sixteen-year-old best friends who look like sisters, are in a terrible car accident and one of them dies, they are at first incorrectly identified at the hospital, and then, as Maureen achieves a remarkable recovery, she must deal with the repercussions of the accident, the mix-up, and some choices she made while she was getting better.
18) Small steps
Author
Language
English
Description
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
20) I am Jennie
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Publication Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 342 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A memoir from the former porn star and addict Jennie Ketcham, whose stage name was Penny Flame.

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