Tag: Family Memoirs
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Matched pair of memoirs show both sides of addiction
It takes time for the harm to emerge from behind its glittering mask, by which time the damage is done. Broken relationships. Lost opportunities. And the risks intensify. Car crashes, loss of mental functioning, the quick death of overdosing or the slow death of disease. Nic’s dad pleaded and threatened his son. Nic retorted, “You…
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Follow that car! How drama reveals the inner story
One Saturday, we drove south on 17th Street, made a left on to Ontario, and started east towards Broad Street, when a large man ran out between two cars and flagged down the car. He knocked on the window, yelling at us to open up, gesturing down the street towards some unseen quarry. It was…
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