Down The Tubes (Paperback)

A hard-hitting novel based on my experience of working in the field of addictionsIt's the late 1980s and mother of four, Cheryl West, lands herself a job at a drugs project in London. But memories of her old life are never far away, especially when her surly daughter, Elaine, makes her unwelcome visits. Meanwhile, Cheryl's estranged son, Michael aka Dodo - is ironically having his life destroyed by drug addiction in his attempt to avoid painful memories of abuse. He goes from one chaotic situation to another, ending up on the streets and reaching rock bottom, until he is referred to a drug rehabilitation centre in rural Hampshire where dark family secrets are uncovered.They're each on a journey, but can there be reconciliation as well as rehabilitation?

Kate Rigby was born near Liverpool and now lives in Devon. She's been writing for over thirty years, with a few small successes along the way. She realized her unhip credentials were mounting so she decided to write about it. Little Guide to Unhip was published in 2010. However, she's not completely unhip. Her punk novel, Fall Of The Flamingo Circus was published by Allison & Busby (1990) and by Villard (American hardback 1990). Skrev Press published her novels Seaview Terrace (2003) Sucka!(2004) and Break Point(2006) and other shorter work has appeared in Skrev's avant garde magazine Texts' Bones including a version of her satirical novella Lost The Plot. Thalidomide Kid was published by Bewrite Books (2007). She has had other short stories published and shortlisted including Hard Workers and Headboards, first published in The Diva Book of Short Stories and as part of the Dancing In The Dark erotic anthology, Pfoxmoor Publishing (2011) She also received a Southern Arts bursary for her novel Where A Shadow Played (now re-Kindled as Did You Whisper Back?). She is gradually in the process of re-Kindling her backlist of previously published as well as unpublished work including: Suckers n Scallies (formerly Sucka!) Down The Tubes She Looks Pale Tales By Kindlelight (a collection of short stories, many of them previously published or shortlisted in short story competitions) Far Cry From The Turquoise Room Savage To Savvy - (ABNA Quarter-Finalist 2012) More information can be found at her website: http: //kjrbooks.yolasite.com/ Or her occasional blog: http: //bubbitybooks.blogspot.co.uk/