Description

Living in the Shadow of an Alcoholic Parent
By Emma Speigler

AS FEATURED IN BELLA MAGAZINE!

ISBN: 978-1-84747-022-5
Published: 2006
Pages: 172
Key Themes: alcoholism, abuse, poetry, recovery, female experience

Description

Missing Mummy looks at alcoholism and the effects it can have on a family. It provides an insight into the complex emotions of a child growing up with an alcoholic parent, where alcoholism is a family trait. The poetry in this book takes the reader on a journey of recovery and ends with a message of hope, acceptance and forgiveness.

About the Author

Emma Spiegler has compiled a variety of 30 poems to offer the reader an insight into addiction and its consequences. Having lived with an alcoholic mother for 20 years, she has seen her mother suffer greatly from mental illness, her mother has now entered the beautiful world of sobriety, stopping the cycle of addiction.