{"product_id":"a-clean-heart-a-novel-alcoholism-dysfunctional-family-recovery-redemption-12-steps-paperback","title":"A Clean Heart: A Novel (Alcoholism, Dysfunctional Family, Recovery, Redemption, 12-Steps) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Rosengren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Novel of Redemption from Addiction and a Broken Family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA Clean Heart\u003c\/em\u003e picks at the knot of addiction and recovery insistently and with a wholesomeness intriguingly at odds with its subject. I enjoyed this book.\" -\u003cb\u003eThomas Beller\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sleep-Over Artist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarter Kirchner struggles to stay sane and sober\u003c\/b\u003e as a counselor at Six West, an adolescent drug treatment center run by Sister Mary Xavier, a hard-drinking nun with an MBA. The young Kirchner is caught between Sister Mary's plan to rescue the center by reforming a hard-case kid and the dysfunctional staff's clumsy plan to intervene on their boss's drinking. Meanwhile, Carter's mother―who never forgave him for giving up a promising hockey career to treat his own addiction―lands in the hospital with an advanced case of cirrhosis. Before Carter can help the young addict commissioned to his care or safely navigate the staff's dysfunctional intervention effort, he must rescue himself from his family's broken past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Clean Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a novel by John Rosengren\u003c\/b\u003e, a writer and recent nominee for a Pulitzer Prize who knows the territory of addiction. He went through treatment at age 17 and has been clean and sober since 1981. He also worked in adolescent treatment centers when he was younger. John Rosengren's articles have appeared in more than 100 publications, including \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you are a fan of the 2018 films \u003cem\u003eBen is Back\u003c\/em\u003e or David Sheff's \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Boy\u003c\/em\u003e or have read addiction memoirs such as \u003cem\u003eIf You Love Me\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eWe All Fall Down\u003c\/em\u003e, you will love reading John Rosengren's \u003cem\u003eA Clean Heart\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768875286816,"sku":"9781642501926","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1b00a95b7fd44da2d079dc2c81c3d071.webp?v=1780339487","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-clean-heart-a-novel-alcoholism-dysfunctional-family-recovery-redemption-12-steps-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}