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Dear Dad: letters from an adult child
By Louie Anderson. 1989
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General fictionBiography, Psychology, Addiction and substance abuse, Family and relationships, Actors biography
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Stand-up comic Louie Anderson's letters to his deceased father are an effort to exorcize the demons of a childhood spent…
with an alcoholic father. For Anderson, a member of Adult Children of Alcoholics, his letters were a journey of self-discovery in which he came to understand that his own addiction to food stemmed from his father's addiction to alcohol. Some strong languageDope sick
By Walter Dean Myers. 2009
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General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction, Ghost and horror storiesGeneral non-fiction, Travel and geography, Addiction and substance abuse
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Seventeen-year-old Lil J, a suspect in the shooting of an undercover cop, hides in an abandoned crack house. He encounters…
Kelly, a man who is watching clips of Lil J's life on television. Kelly urges Lil J to examine choices he's made. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2009Let the lion eat straw
By Ebele Oseye, Ellease Southerland. 2004
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Family stories, Multi-cultural fiction, Historical fiction, General fictionAddiction and substance abuse, Social issues, Family and relationships, Self help
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Young African American Abeba Williams moves from rural North Carolina to Brooklyn to live with her mother, who dreams of…
a better life. Abeba begins to develop a promising musical talent but soon becomes distracted by marriage and children. Despite economic and social hardships, Abeba perseveres with dignity. 1979Hopeless in Hope
By Wanda John-Kehewin. 2023
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Family stories, General fiction, Indigenous peoples fictionAddiction and substance abuse, General non-fiction, Parenting, Self help, Health and medicine
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Fourteen-year-old Eva’s life is like her shoes: rapidly falling apart. With Nohkum in the hospital, Eva’s mother struggles to keep…
things together and loses custody of Eva and her little brother. As Eva tries to adjust to living in a group home, can she find forgiveness for her mother within the pages of an old diary?