December 1, 2017, Lou Alpert woke to a CNN story featuring images of her daughter shooting up heroin in an alley, visibly pregnant, and being confronted by an policeman. Within twenty-four hours,the story had gone viral, picked up by media outlets worldwide, television interviews, news articles, and an appearance at Trump’s State of the Union address by the policeman, his wife, and their adopted daughter. A story that gives voice to a mother’s journey through her child’s heroin addiction.

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Book Website

https://loualpertbooks.com/

Contributor(s)

Lou Alpert

Publisher

Hybrid Global Publisher

ISBN-13

978-1-948181-32-7

Publication Date

Apr 22, 2019

Pages

228

Tags

#familyandrelationships

#autobiographyandmemoir

Our Review (5 out of 5 stars)

Alpert’s memoir is filled with love and compassion as it confronts the struggles of being a family member to an addict; it suggests a path forward to families under similar duress. Lou Alpert’s "Surrender" is a compelling personal account of surviving substance use disorder and recovering,... Read More