Mark Johnson's father had 'LOVE' tattooed across his left hand, but that didn't stop the beatings. The Johnson children would turn up to school with broken fingers and chipped teeth, but no one ever thought of investigating their home life. Mark just slipped through the cracks, and kept on falling. For years. Constantly in trouble at school, Mark began stealing at the age of seven, was drinking by the age of eight, and took his first hit of heroin aged eleven. A sensitive, intelligent boy, he could never stay on the right path, and though Art College beckoned, he ended up in Portland prison instead. With searing honesty, WASTED documents Mark's descent into the depths of addiction and criminality. Homeless, hooked on heroin and crack, no one - least of all Mark - believed he would survive. And yet - astonishingly - he somehow pulled himself through, and now runs his own thriving tree surgery business, employing and helping other recovering addicts. His story is at once shocking and inspiring - a compelling account of his struggle to save himself, and help save others in the process.
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* A Childhood Stolen. An Innocence Betrayed. A Life Redeemed* A shocking and inspiring true account of addiction and recovery - in the tradition of The Kid and Ugly
As gripping as it is appalling, WASTED is all you could ask of a misery-and-trauma book - it's shocking and it's haunting and it's about one hell of a life
As gripping as it is appalling, WASTED is all you could ask of a misery-and-trauma book - it's shocking and it's haunting and it's about one hell of a life - DAILY MAIL
* Nationwide Adrail and London Underground poster campaign * Ongoing author PR activity to include media interviews and events * Review coverage * Submitted for trade promotions * Reading copies available
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780751539738
Publisert
2008
Utgiver
Vendor
Sphere
Vekt
245 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter

Biographical note

Mark Johnson was born in the West Midlands in 1970. After years of drug and alcohol abuse, he finally became clean and now runs his tree surgery business and helps other recovering addicts.