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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1988
Gr 5-9 A small but striking collection of brief case studies based on lengthy interviews with children of alcoholics of all ages and backgrounds. Common threads in the poignant stories are feelings of fear, shame, frustration, and low self-esteem that living in the shadow of this disease can produce. Most victims love and want to help the parents who have subjected them to abusive and erratic behavior. Many of the interviewees are descr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



