| A Prayer for Orion: A Son's Addiction and a Mother's Love Contributor(s): James, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0830845771 ISBN-13: 9780830845774 Publisher: IVP OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Family & Relationships | Parenting - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2019041604 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description:
It's always somebody else's kid--until it's yours. When Katherine James and her husband found out their son was using heroin, their responses ran the gamut: disbelief, anger, helplessness, guilt. As they struggled to come to grips with their son's addiction and decide how best to help him, their home became a refuge for an unlikely assortment of their son's friends, each with their own story, drawn by the simple love and acceptance they found there--the Lost Boys, James calls them. In this sensitive, vulnerable memoir, award-winning novelist James turns her lush prose to a new purpose: to tell her family's story through the twists and turns of her son's addiction, overdose, and slow recovery. The result is not just a look at the phenomenon of drug abuse in suburban America, but also a meditation on the particular anguish of loving a wayward child and clinging to a desperate trust in God's providence through it all. |