PR @ 2009-05-10
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$13.99 |
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This book is spot-on. It's the updated version of the first edition of the book. It's the gritty, true story of what some families go through to help good kids who are in bad situations get their lives back on track, or even just to keep them alive. Come Back is particularly good because it tells the story from the view of both the mother (Claire), and the daughter (Mia). Some reviewers have indicated that the book is contrived; it is not. Our daughter went to a boarding school when she was 15, primarily due to drug and alcohol abuse. While no two kids have had the same experiences, I know kids who, as a group, have experienced each and every thing in this book. A few of the characters are composite characters, but the main characters are not (the book is about Mia and Claire, not about the hundreds of other people that were involved). Come back was of great comfort to many of the parents of girls at my daughter's school because we had gone through the bad experiences in the book, and we were going through the recovery. Many of us have read Come Back over and over.