Make a Home Out of You: A Memoir

By: Ginelle Testa

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Synopsis: For readers of Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp comes an unflinching coming-of-age addiction memoir about one woman&’s journey to overcome her destructive roots to discover her road to recovery.Born to an abusive mother and a drug-dealer father, Ginelle Testa is not exactly set up for success—and her early years are just as troubled as one might expect. By the end of her thirteenth year, she&’s started experimenting with alcohol and drugs, has fallen prey to anorexia, and has been sexually assaulted. And that&’s only the beginning of her spiral down into addiction and disordered eating. As Ginelle progresses into young adulthood, she hits several substance-related bottoms. In her senior year of college, after blacking out and ending up naked in her dorm&’s community shower, she goes to Alcoholics Anonymous and gets sober. But steering clear of drugs and alcohol, she discovers, is not a cure-all—she still has a long way to go before she can truly heal. Raw, relatable, and powerful, Testa&’s is a riveting tale of climbing up from rock bottom—and learning to make a home in oneself instead of in substances and other people.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 296 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781647427450
Related ISBNs:: 9781647427443
Publisher:: She Writes Press
Date of Addition:: 09/03/24
Copyrighted By:: Ginelle Testa
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.