MILES AWAY

Miles Away is a compelling memoir written in the voice of the author's 20-year-old son. He tells of growing up in a loving family that provided every enrichment opportunity from magnet schools to music lessons to travel and being raised with Quaker principles. But his wholesome upbringing was no match for his crippling anxiety and self-doubt, which he managed by using drugs. This intimate and poignant cautionary tale gives an adolescent's perspective on the slippery slope of addiction and its devastating lethal consequences.