$30.40
- Paperback
276 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2019
Summary
A mother decides to write the story of her son’s long-term methamphetamine addiction as a means to understand why he became an addict and how she can help him. Discovering the true extent of his use and the likely result of permanent psychosis, prison or death, she launches a rescue mission to save his life. With the courage to follow her instincts, Mandy Whyte is able to get her malnourished and brain-damaged Kiwi-born son, Hemi, from his new base in Australia to hers in Indonesia, and provi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780995110700 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0995110700 |
| Author: | Mandy Whyte |
| Publisher: | The Cuba Press |
| Imprint: | The Cuba Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 276 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 15mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Every addiction worker in Australasia would do well to read this book for the descriptions of this mother’s determined struggle to do the best for her addicted son, her fraught attempts to access the services she needs, and her criticism of a system that demands people take personal responsibility for their addictions when they are often unable to do so.” -Doug Sellman, Director, National Addiction Centre, New Zealand
About The Author
Mandy Whyte
Mandy Whyte is a New Zealander who has worked for thirty years advising and managing aid and development programmes in the Pacific and Indonesia, and currently in the Solomon Islands. She was brought up in Taranaki but her New Zealand base is now on the Kapiti Coast. She is married to Opan and has one son.
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