Self-deprecating and bitingly smart, Delia, a recovering addict,
forges her own brand of hard won wisdom on her journey in sobriety.
When Delia entered treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at
seventeen, her life changed forever. She believed she could make it
through anything without backsliding--until she receives a phone
call from her best friend, Timothy, whom she met in rehab.
Fulfilling a pact they made a decade earlier, she leaves her
husband and child in Seattle to care for him as he dies. While in
Los Angeles, Delia sorts through her memories--and as her past
catches up with her present, she sees she has not merely survived
her losses and mistakes, but has been made better because of
them.
"A tender, terrifying chronicle of the wages of modern-day sin and
the hope of the world to come. . . . A story that rings with grief
and triumph."
--Jacquelyn Mitchard, author, "The Deep End of the Ocean" and
"Still Summer"
"Delicately portraying friendship and loss, temptation and
redemption, the turmoil of addiction and the hard-won gifts of
recovery," Beachglass" is highly recommended for every reader--and
required reading for all those in recovery."
-- Martha O'Connor, author of" The Bitch Posse"
"A vibrant, engaging, and utterly honest book...this is a novel
which seems to be about recovery but is really about so much more:
friendship, chosen families, and the transformative power of human
love."
-- Nicole Mones, author of "Lost in Translation"
"Set in a glittering, gritty, late-80s Los Angeles, "Beachglass" is
a beautifully written novel, which, at its heart, is about
friendship . . . Though this story made me weep, it helped me
see--through mytears--just how messy and miraculous the human
condition can be."
- Rebecca Agiewich, author of "BreakupBabe"
WENDY BLACKBURN has been a chemical dependency counselor since
1992. She lives with her family in a small town outside of Seattle,
Washington. This is her first novel. Please visit
www.wendyblackburn.com
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