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Original Sins

An Extraordinary Memoir of Faith, Family, Shame and Addiction

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By: Matt Rowland Hill
Narrated by: Daniel Hawksford
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'Isn't everyone's childhood an indoctrination in the more or less deranged outlook of the people who raised them? And isn't growing up for everyone a more or less successful attempt to overcome their conditioning and see clearly, with their own eyes?'

Matt Rowland Hill grew up the son of a minister in an evangelical Christian church in South Wales and then South-East England. It was a childhood fraught with bitter family conflict, the ever-present threat of hell and damnation, and a burgeoning cycle of temptation, sin and shame. After a devastating loss of faith in his late teens, Matt began his search for salvation elsewhere, turning to books before developing a growing relationship with alcohol and drugs. He became addicted to crack and heroin in his early 20s, an ordeal that stretched over a decade and culminated in a period of hopeless darkness. This story takes us to his bleakest, most desperate moments and recounts his struggle towards the light.

Original Sins is an extraordinary memoir. It is a story of faith, family, loss, shame and addiction, but ultimately it is about survival, growing up and learning to live. It's recklessly honest, as funny as it is grave, courageous and compulsive.

©2022 Matt Rowland Hill (P)2022 Penguin Audio Christian Living Christianity Memoir Heartfelt
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This is an amazing book. I think each listener will take something different away from this, so hard to describe it and do it justice - just listen to it

amazing listen

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Simply put… a brilliant listen.
Daniel Hawksford reading of Matts wonderful book is perfect.
Beautifully written, both desperate and darkly funny.

Loved loved loved this audiobook.

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There’s nothing to dislike or like (!) about this moving account of the authors illness. He takes you on a journey and you have to stay until the end.

An honest and relatable account of addiction

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beautifully written.. harrowing and thought provoking. it was a great read and brilliantly read too

what a story

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I love the way this book made me feel uncomfortable. An in-depth look at what it’s like to be an addict.
Great use of vocabulary and brilliant narration.

Gritty and well narrated

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