A Novel of Redemption from Addiction and a Broken FamilyA Clean Heartpicks at the knot of addiction and recovery insistently and with a wholesomeness intriguingly at odds with its subject. I enjoyed this book.Thomas Beller, author ofThe SleepOver ArtistCarter Kirchner struggles to stay sane and soberas a counselor at Six West, an adolescent drug treatment center run by Sister Mary Xavier, a harddrinking nun with an MBA. The young Kirchner is caught between Sister Marys plan to rescue the center by reforming a hardcase kid and the dysfunctional staffs clumsy plan to intervene on their bosss drinking. Meanwhile, Carters mother?who never forgave him for giving up a promising hockey career to treat his own addiction?lands in the hospital with an advanced case of cirrhosis. Before Carter can help the young addict commissioned to his care or safely navigate the staffs dysfunctional intervention effort, he must rescue himself from his familys broken past.A Clean Heartis a novel by John Rosengren, a writer and recent nominee for a Pulitzer Prize who knows the territory of addiction. He went through treatment at age 17 and has been clean and sober since 1981. He also worked in adolescent treatment centers when he was younger. John Rosengrens articles have appeared in more than 100 publications, includingThe Atlantic,New Yorker,Readers Digest,Sports Illustrated, andUtne Reader.If you are a fan of the 2018 filmsBen is Backor David SheffsBeautiful Boyor have read addiction memoirs...

Binding: Paperback;224 pages; Publisher: Turner Publishing Company - IPS; Classification: FA; Weight: 320 g; Dimensions: 127 x 177 x 19

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