Surrender

A Love Letter to My Daughter

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