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Emotional memoir of a mother's redemption
"Live Through This" is a must-read for anyone who has faced challenging situations and struggled to keep their family together. Gwartney's vivid portrayal of the world of American runaways and her experience in searching for her daughters will tug at your heartstrings. The author's introspection and growth throughout the book are truly inspiring, and her relationship with her daughters is a testament to the power of forgiveness and love.
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ISBN: 9780547054476
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $31.92
Authors:
Debra Gwartney
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date of Publication: 2009-02-11
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections:
Biographies & Memoirs
Goodreads rating: 3.62
(rated by 875 readers)
Description
An intensely emotional and redemptive memoir about a mother's mission to rescue her runaway daughters After a miserably failed marriage, Debra Gwartney moves with her four young daughters to Eugene, Oregon, for a new job and what she hopes will be a new life for herself and her family. The two oldest, Amanda, 14, and Stephanie, 13, blame their mother for what happened, and one day the two run off together—to the streets of their own city, then San Francisco, then nowhere to be found. The harrowing subculture of the American runaway, with its random violence, its horrendously dangerous street drugs, and its patchwork of hidden shelters is captured by Gwartney with brilliant intensity in Live Through This as she sets out to find her girls. Though she thought she could hold her family together by love alone, Gwartney recognizes over the course of her search where she failed. It's a testament to her strength—and to the resilience of her daughters—that after several years they are a family again, forged by both forgiveness and love.
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