Real stories from the life of a functional drug addict, me. They are all significant events that I carry close to my heart. Some of them try to explore my descend into the addiction. Others talk about the effects of the addiction on my life and my relationships. Or how my relationships have affected my drug use. They all show my growth as a person. I wrote this book while stationed in a rehab facility, reflecting about my life. The good parts and the bad parts. I wanted to get my story out there for the people who are going through similar problems. You are not alone. It gets better. I also want to show people that drug addiction is not something a person chooses willingly. It is a disease that sneaks up on you. Also, kind of self therapy. Overall, a great read.

Die Liebe kann so wild, unvorhersehbar und leidenschaftlich sein! In "Crazy Love" erlebst du hautnah ganz außergewöhnliche, emotionale und oft absurde Facetten der Liebe. Fiebere mit, wie ein Mann verzweifelt den Mut sucht, seine Traumfrau anzusprechen und wie aus einem One-Night-Stand mehr werden soll. Fühle mit, wie eine große Liebe langsam an seiner Drogenabhängigkeit zerbricht und werde Zeuge, wie Ehefrau und Geliebte gemeinsam genüßlich Rache nehmen. Selbst ein einfacher roter Pullover kann nach vielen Jahren einen wahren Sturm der Gefühle entfachen. Die Liebe schickt uns auf verrückte Abenteuer, sie ist wild, ungezähmt, spontan, romantisch und lässt unser Herz rasen - und oft alles auf einmal. Feiern wir die Vielfalt und Verrücktheit der Liebe! *** Alle Geschichten in diesem Buch wurden im Rahmen der Story-Challenge "Crazy Love" auf www.story.one veröffentlicht.

Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times Set amid the havoc of the War on Drugs, this New York Times bestseller is an "astonishingly intimate" (New York magazine) chronicle of one family’s triumphs and trials in the South Bronx of the 1990s. “Unmatched in depth and power and grace. A profound, achingly beautiful work of narrative nonfiction…The standard-bearer of embedded reportage.” —Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted In her classic bestseller, journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the world of one family with roots in the Bronx, New York. In 1989, LeBlanc approached Jessica, a young mother whose encounter with the carceral state is about to forever change the direction of her life. This meeting redirected LeBlanc’s reporting, taking her past the perennial stories of crime and violence into the community of women and children who bear the brunt of the insidious violence of poverty. Her book bears witness to the teetering highs and devastating lows in the daily lives of Jessica, her family, and her expanding circle of friends. Set at the height of the War on Drugs, Random Family is a love story—an ode to the families that form us and the families we create for ourselves. Charting the tumultuous struggle of hope against deprivation over three generations, LeBlanc slips behind the statistics and comes back with a riveting, haunting, and distinctly American true story.

Faye has always been different from her siblings. Whilst her siblings enjoyed the sun, she loved the darkness. But her parents are keeping a secret. As soon as Faye was born, they began isolating her from the outside world immediately. *** What happens when a young vampire named Aiden Scraper suddenly shows up at her window and kidnaps her? *** 1ST BOOK OF THE DARKNESS BOOKSERIES

This was a constant emotional rollercoaster, my God the main characters..and the..the angst..and so much sadness and drugs..I can't I just can't explain. Go read it. It's amazing, the character development was out of this world. This book goes straight into my "never forget even if I wanted to" list. Imagine a book about two guys who got together as kids - one the protector, the other a willing and constant victim. They form a band (in Canada?) which enjoys some limited success. Over the next twenty years (and it seems like every single one was covered in this book, either in real-time or flashback) they descend into drug addiction and alcoholism - all the while hurting each other as much as possible, both mentally and physically, until death ends it.

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER IS NOW A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD AND STARRING AMY ADAMS, GLENN CLOSE, AND GABRIEL BASSO "You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

Solomon Capri is a semi-retired pop star who appears to be settling contentedly into middle-age. With his gorgeous, successful wife, Jenny, his country pile, and gold discs hanging in his plush bathroom, he seems to have it all. But all is not well between Jenny and Solomon; as her business continues to grow, her affection for her husband begins to diminish, and soon divorce is on the cards. To try and win Jenny back, Solomon throws his bruised heart into trying out for a reality TV show that turns lapsed pop acts into opera singers. The ace up his sleeve is an eccentric octogenarian opera coach he employs to get ahead of the competition but, to his surprise, Solomon learns far more than how to improve the quality of his vibrato; especially when his coach asks Solomon to duet with newly single Samantha... Sex, Drugs & Opera is the debut novel of Tears for Fears musician, Roland Orzabal.