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At fifteen, doctors told him he wouldn't live to see twenty-five. He had nine more years of rock bottom left to find. This is not fiction. It is the true story of one man's twenty-six-year descent into addiction, crime, and self-destruction, and the extraordinary journey back.

The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help. The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. It is the first time Laura has been out since the birth of her baby when Cathy sees her in the school playground. A joyful occasion but Cathy has the feeling something is...

Surviving Myself is a memoir about shame, damage, self-deception, and the first opening toward recovery. Bill Tierney tells his story as he remembers living it, including the thoughts, emotions, confusion, and distorted perceptions that shaped his choices at the time. He writes with honesty, without trying to dramatize what happened, excuse the harm, or force the story into a tidy conclusion. At its heart, this is a book about what can happen when pain goes unrecognized, shame stays hidden, and the strategies we use to survive begin to hurt the people we love.

ICE COLD is a true story of control, survival, the cost of silence, and a mother who refused to disappear. Written with restraint and clarity, this book documents what happens when a mother is erased by narrative, a child becomes leverage, and truth is delayed—but not denied.