Addicted: Notes from the Belly of the Beast - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1553651154 ISBN 13: 9781553651154

Publisher: Greystone Books, 2006

Synopsis

Is addiction a disease, a sin, a sign of hypersensitivity, a personal failing, or a unique resource for the creative mind? However it is defined, addiction can have devastating consequences, often shattering lives, sundering families, causing impoverishment, and even triggering suicide. Yet it can also be a source of inspiration. In these frank essays, leading American and Canadian writers explore their surprisingly diverse personal experiences with this complex phenomenon, candidly recounting what happened when alcohol, heroin, smoking, food, gambling, or sex — sometimes in combination — took over their lives.

About this title

About the Author:

Lorna Crozier has received numerous awards, including the Governor General's Award, for her fifteen books of poetry, which include The Blue Hour of the Day, What the Living Won't Let Go, Everything Arrives at the Light, and Inventing the Hawk. She is also the author of the memoir Small Beneath the Sky and the editor of several anthologies. She lives in Saanich, British Columbia.

Patrick Lane has been called the best Canadian poet of his generation. He is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, most recently Syllable of Stone. His 2004 memoir, There Is a Season, won the inaugural BC Award for Canadian Non-fiction. He lives in Saanichton, British Columbia.

Review:

Beautifully written, heartbreakingly poignant tours through 'the belly of the beast.' Tagging along, we learn something about pain and something about forgiveness. —Vancouver Sun

(2006-09-15)

About this edition

• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1553651154
• ISBN 13: 9781553651154
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Crozier Lorna, Lane Patrick