Ten-year-old Grace knows that her mum loves her, but her mum loves drugs too. And there's only so long Grace can fend off the woman from the county who is threatening to put her into care. Her only hope is Billy Shine. However, Billy hasn't been out of his apartment for years. People scare him, and the outside world scares him even more.
Susan Miller grew up in New York in the 1950s, in a family whose lack of money, and happiness appeared to have no definable cause.
Drug Using Parents and Their Children: The Second Report of the National Local Authority Forum on Drugs Misuse in Conjunction...
"Catherine Ryan Hyde at her utter best." -ChickLit Reviews
THE STORY: Fierce, mercurial, twenty-nine-year-old Shirley-Diane met Billy, a thirty-two-year-old ex-con, and fell in love with him at their North Carolina working-class Narcotics Anonymous meeting.
Told with astounding honesty, BREAKING NIGHT is the inspirational story of how a young women, born into a world without hope, used every ounce of strength and determination to steer herself towards a better future.
The DASIS Report , September 17 , 2004. ... SAMHSA ( Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ) . 2005b . The NSDUH Report : Methamphetamine Use ... Associations between oral clefts and drugs taken during pregnancy .
C W F Children with Flashbacks: The Innocent Victims of the Hippie Generation Children That Had Yet to Be Conceived
How The Light Gets In is the true story of a girl who went from an impoverished prostitute's daughter to an educated, loved, and empowered woman, wife, and mother.
After testifying against her drug-dealing ex, Nick, Emmie meets Max while serving juvenile community service, and learns to trust his protective instincts when Nick's associates show up seeking revenge.
A powerful novel you won't soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love.