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Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home
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Winner of the 2016 Eric Hoffer Award in Memoir, the First Horizon Award, and Grand Prize Finalist. Winner of the 2015 USA Best Book Awards in the category of Health: Addiction & Recovery
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Barbara Cofer Stoefen
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D’Anne Burwell’s book, "Saving Jake," is the compelling story of her journey through her son’s heroin addiction. After a “sweet start” to her family life, she experiences shock, disbelief, and profound grief when she learns of her son’s drug uses. And Saving Jake is what Burwell sets out to do. She takes us with her as she endeavors to rescue, change and fix her son. She does everything a good mother would do to intercede for a struggling child. Yet along the way Burwell learns the hard truth that we can’t fix or change another person, nor can we “intercept pain” for someone else… much as we may want to. Burwell shows us what it looks like to do some of the hardest work a human being can do… which is to change oneself, and the hardest work a mother can do… which is to let go. Midway through the story she tells her son, “The mother you left a few months ago isn’t the same mother you’re facing right now.” Burwell’s hard-won wisdom informs us all, showing that one of the best ways to help an addicted child is to recover ourselves. Families will find help and inspiration from her very personal story, as well as the many facts on addiction she provides throughout the book. A must-read! Barbara Cofer Stoefen, author, A Very Fine House
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Lorri Hanna
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SAVING JAKE is a heartbreaking yet healing story about a family's struggle with addiction and recovery. I greatly admire Burwell's unrelenting courage to move toward discomfort with uncertainty, with raw and revealing truth and love. Burwell's memoir is a powerful must read as SAVING JAKE offers a light and hope for the families or friends of addicts. Truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing your heart and truth.
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kkramer
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This book is a beautifully written, honest description of one family's experience with addiction, a revelatory examination of parenting and the power of family. I had the opportunity to attend a book event with the author, D'Anne Burwell. The room was filled with parents who had been struggling with the pain and isolation of parenting a child with addiction. Just telling her story with honesty and forthright detail let them know that they are not alone and that there is hope. This is an important book about parenting and family relationships.
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Burwell concisely and vividly unravels the heart-clenching, intimate details of a family’s journey through addiction upheaval. Devoid of direct instructions, Saving Jake reads like a gripping, moment-to-moment guide for parents. Admirably, there is no self-justification, but rather raw authenticity and frontline truth. Rich with characters who climb into your heart, this beautifully told story is a powerful contribution to the literature on addiction. — clinical psychologist
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