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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Broadway Books
Publication date
March 1, 2002
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780767905084
ISBN-10
0767905083
Dimensions
0.75 by 5 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Original list price
$19.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
An award-winning newspaper columnist provides a candid memoir of dealing with a teenage daughter whose rebellion is spinning out of control as she describes her daughter's transformation from loving child to angry, secretive adolescent involved in drinking, drugs, running away, failing school, and more, in a portrait of motherhood and the healing power of love and family. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: What does a mother do when her teenaged daughter is spinning out of control and nothing is bringing her back? Here is a searingly honest memoir of motherhood and a testament to the power of love and family.
When Adair Laraâs daughter Morgan turned thirteen, she was transformed, seemingly overnight, from a sweet, loving child into an angry, secretive teenager who would neither listen nor be disciplined. The author, her youngest son, Patrick, her ex-husband, Jim, and her new husband, Bill, all stepped on a five-year roller-coaster ride in which Morgan incarnated the chaos principle in torn jeans and dyed hair. Drinking, drugging, disappearing, suspicious companions, failing and cheating at school, joy riding in a stolen carâthere was no variety of adolescent acting out that she didnât indulge in. For Adair Lara it became an endless sojourn at the end of her rope, a trial immensely complicated by the reappearance in her life of her aging father, a man who had abandoned his wife and seven children decades earlier. Inevitably, Morganâs misbehavior revives memories of her own headstrong adolescence, while her fatherâs presence makes agonizingly real for her the consequences of giving up. Paradoxically, he also becomes the source of her best advice.
Hold Me Close, Let Me Go is an emotionally charged, often brutally honest memoir that all parents (and anyone who was ever a teenager) will experience shocks of recognition from while reading. It imparts invaluable lessons about holding loved ones close through the roughest passages and about the power of family to overcome the most grievous obstacles. Adair Lara is a clear-eyed and eloquent witness to the complex costs and rewards of motherhood, and her book will redefine for readers their idea of what being âa good enough motherâ really means.
When Adair Laraâs daughter Morgan turned thirteen, she was transformed, seemingly overnight, from a sweet, loving child into an angry, secretive teenager who would neither listen nor be disciplined. The author, her youngest son, Patrick, her ex-husband, Jim, and her new husband, Bill, all stepped on a five-year roller-coaster ride in which Morgan incarnated the chaos principle in torn jeans and dyed hair. Drinking, drugging, disappearing, suspicious companions, failing and cheating at school, joy riding in a stolen carâthere was no variety of adolescent acting out that she didnât indulge in. For Adair Lara it became an endless sojourn at the end of her rope, a trial immensely complicated by the reappearance in her life of her aging father, a man who had abandoned his wife and seven children decades earlier. Inevitably, Morganâs misbehavior revives memories of her own headstrong adolescence, while her fatherâs presence makes agonizingly real for her the consequences of giving up. Paradoxically, he also becomes the source of her best advice.
Hold Me Close, Let Me Go is an emotionally charged, often brutally honest memoir that all parents (and anyone who was ever a teenager) will experience shocks of recognition from while reading. It imparts invaluable lessons about holding loved ones close through the roughest passages and about the power of family to overcome the most grievous obstacles. Adair Lara is a clear-eyed and eloquent witness to the complex costs and rewards of motherhood, and her book will redefine for readers their idea of what being âa good enough motherâ really means.
Editions
Hardcover
from Broadway Books (February 1, 2001)
9780767905077 | details & prices | 273 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $23.95
About: A newspaper columnist provides a candid memoir of dealing with a a teenage daughter whose rebellion is spinning out of control as she describes her daughter's transformation from loving child to angry, secretive adolescent involved in drinking, drugs, and failing school.
About: A newspaper columnist provides a candid memoir of dealing with a a teenage daughter whose rebellion is spinning out of control as she describes her daughter's transformation from loving child to angry, secretive adolescent involved in drinking, drugs, and failing school.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Broadway Books (March 1, 2002); titled "Hold Me Close, Let Me Go: A Mother, a Daughter and an Adolescence Survived"
9780767905084 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $19.00
About: An award-winning newspaper columnist provides a candid memoir of dealing with a teenage daughter whose rebellion is spinning out of control as she describes her daughter's transformation from loving child to angry, secretive adolescent involved in drinking, drugs, running away, failing school, and more, in a portrait of motherhood and the healing power of love and family.
About: An award-winning newspaper columnist provides a candid memoir of dealing with a teenage daughter whose rebellion is spinning out of control as she describes her daughter's transformation from loving child to angry, secretive adolescent involved in drinking, drugs, running away, failing school, and more, in a portrait of motherhood and the healing power of love and family.
Miscellaneous
from Crown Pub (July 3, 2001); titled "Hold Me Close, Let Me Go: A Mother, a Daughter and an Adolescence Survived"
9780767909303 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $19.00
Cassette/Spoken Word
Abridged edition from Publishing Mills (October 1, 2001)
9781575110905 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $24.95
About: A newspaper columnist provides a candid memoir of dealing with a teenager whose rebellion is spinning out of control as she describers her daughter's transformation from loving child to angry, secretive adolescent involved in drinking, drugs, running away, and failing school, in a portrait of motherhood and the healing power of love and family.
About: A newspaper columnist provides a candid memoir of dealing with a teenager whose rebellion is spinning out of control as she describers her daughter's transformation from loving child to angry, secretive adolescent involved in drinking, drugs, running away, and failing school, in a portrait of motherhood and the healing power of love and family.
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