Nineteen: A Daughter's Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery

By: Leslie Johansen Nack

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Synopsis: For fans of Stephanie Thornton-Plymale's American Daughter and Cea Sunrise Person&’s North of Normal comes Leslie Johansen Nack&’s emotional follow-up memoir about her battle with addiction following a traumatic childhood—and her inspiring journey toward healing and happiness.In the mid-1970s, Leslie Nack&’s family returned from sailing to French Polynesia and began the integration process into American life again, which included being tossed back and forth between an alcoholic, mentally ill mother and an abusive, overbearing father. To find love and acceptance, Leslie chases a myth that throws her into the path of nefarious older men, where she eventually falls into drug and alcohol addiction. Her father dies in his plane in the jungles of Mexico when Leslie is nineteen, but his abuse lingers in her psyche. She spirals, her only solace her next fix—until, somehow, she finds the grace, despite her abjectly dysfunctional family background, to believe in her worth. This newfound self-love changes everything for her, and finally she is able to find her way to sobriety and recovery. Raw and intense but ultimately hopeful, this sequel to the popular memoir Fourteen tells the rest of Nack&’s turbulent—and incredible—story.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 368 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781647429973
Publisher:: She Writes Press
Date of Addition:: 10/14/25
Copyrighted By:: Leslie Johansen Nack
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.