| Edition |
First St. Martin's Griffin edition |
| Description |
x, 306 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306). |
| Summary |
"For every drug addict there are at least four people affected, a depressing assertion by some experts that is clearly borne out in this soft-spoken, utterly honest account by educator Cataldi. The mother of two sons, Jeff and Jeremy, Cataldi became head of the Calverton School in Maryland in 1987, where the boys attended; she recounts chronologically how her oldest, Jeff, a bright, capable student, embarked from adolescence onward into an ever deepening and perilous spiral of drug abuse. From getting caught smoking at school in fifth grade, attending drug-sodden raves in high school, being arrested for possession of cocaine and ketamine, and selling drugs on campus, Jeff was continually rescued by his take-charge but admittedly naïve mother, now divorced from their father ..."--Publishers Weekly. |
| Subject |
Cataldi, Libby.
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Cataldi, Libby. (OCoLC)fst01988563
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Parents of drug addicts -- United States -- Biography.
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Drug addicts -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Drug addicts -- Family relationships.
(OCoLC)fst01430262
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Parents of drug addicts. (OCoLC)fst01430957
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Drug addicts -- Family relationships -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780312638399 (paperback) |
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0312638396 (paperback) |
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