Katherine Ketcham

The Only Life I Could Save by Katherine Ketcham and published by Sounds True was one of those reads that will stay with me for a very long time. Katherine Ketcham I applaud you for being able to tell your story in such a way that makes me as a reader understand everything you went through and see your courage on every page. I had no prior knowledge that the author did anything with substance abuse before reading this book but the fact that she knew so much about the topic made it easier to comprehend. You will learn about yourself, you will learn about the struggles that most families who have a family member going through something. I commend the author for sharing her struggles and hope that someone can learn something and fight there way to sobriety. Thank you to Netgalley and all involved for my arc.
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My thanks to Sounds True Publishing and Netgalley for sharing this title in galley form.

Publication date: 1 Apr 18

Katherine Ketcham is really an authority on addiction and the damage that it can wreak on the addicts' lives as well as those who love them. Now she's an authority on surviving it herself as her son's journey leads him down that same dark and terrifying path. I've worked in addictions for nearly 20 years. Have seen the anguish on parents' faces, the anger, the defiance in their children.....I have two teenagers myself, whom I pray over and sometimes preach over daily in an effort to ward off what may come. I see myself in Katherine......I see us all. She writes with clarity and fearless honesty about reality: that what we know ourselves cannot save our children. We can only hang on for dear life, live in truth, and pray for an ending that does not destroy us. This one goes on my shelf (once it's published).

Thank you Katherine........you saved yourself and we may all find ourselves better off for it.… (más)