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Very well-done and believable first person narrative of finding comfort from an alcoholic home in that same bottle, and coming back alive. Sad and sweet and recommended. ( )

I'm still not entirely sure I how I feel about this book. It was def a quick read, I read it in almost one sitting, and I enjoyed the subject material. I think it is almost an important book for teens to read. but I hated the writers style. it felt too over simplified. like the author was trying to dumb down the language of a teenager. You can have a narrative sound like a teen without using simple sentences. ( )

Cynnie has had to be a mother to her younger brother Bill, who has Down Syndrome, since their mother can't seem to stop drinking long anough to take care of him herself. When Cynnie's grandparents take Bill to live with them, she is devasted and starts drinking herself. It takes her attempted kidnapping of Bill and a car crash to get her into an AA program, where she slowly begins to put herself back together. ( )

Sad but ultimately uplifting book. Cynnie watches her mother drink herself into oblivion every day. She takes care of her little brother Bill, and loves him even though other people think he'll never learn anything. Once he gets taken away by her grandparents, Cynnie has her own struggles with alcoholism to fight.