Memories

This is a family history including many full colour pictures. The author chronicles her life from very early childhood when she and her younger sister suffered from neglect and sexual abuse. She writes about the damage that results when two intrinsically good people from well respected families become addicted to alcohol. Their unintended victims are too often their own children who carry their scars into adulthood where they encounter obstacles because of their lack of good role...
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This is a family history including many full colour pictures. The author chronicles her life from very early childhood when she and her younger sister suffered from neglect and sexual abuse. She writes about the damage that results when two intrinsically good people from well respected families become addicted to alcohol. Their unintended victims are too often their own children who carry their scars into adulthood where they encounter obstacles because of their lack of good role models during their formative years.
Some gain the strength to withstand the testing and emerge with the ability to come to terms with the past and deal with the present while others remain victims of their past and continue the cycle of addiction dependency.
The author's motivation in writing this book is that she hopes that the present and future generations in this family, as they read of the lives that have been impacted by alcohol and drug addiction, will take note and chose a more productive path.
This story is optimistic as she shows that, in spite of past, it is possible to forgive and go on to live a meaningful life.