Hold Me Close, Let Me Go

An emotional and poignant story about parenting through the tough times.Many parents struggle with their teenagers when Adair Lara's daughter Morgan turned thirteen, she was transformed from a sweet, loving child into an angry, secretive teenager. For the next five years, the author and her family were pushed to the brink by Morgan's out-of-control behaviour. For Adair Lara it was a trial immensely complicated by the reappearance in her life of her aging father, a man who had abandoned...
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An emotional and poignant story about parenting through the tough times.Many parents struggle with their teenagers when Adair Lara's daughter Morgan turned thirteen, she was transformed from a sweet, loving child into an angry, secretive teenager. For the next five years, the author and her family were pushed to the brink by Morgan's out-of-control behaviour. For Adair Lara it was a trial immensely complicated by the reappearance in her life of her aging father, a man who had abandoned his wife and seven children decades earlier. Inevitably, Morgan's misbehaviour revives memories of her own headstrong adolescence.Hold me close, let me go is an emotionally charged, often brutally honest memoir that will deliver shocks of recognition to all parents. It imparts invaluable lessons about holding loved ones close through the roughest passages, and about the power of family to overcome the most grievous obstacles.