Augusta, Gone: A True Story

Intense read that will make you think about perspectives

Augusta Gone, is an intense book about a mothers true story where her daughter got into drugs and started staying out all night, dropping out of school, running away from home. I read this book for some research on our ethnography subject of recovered drug addicts. The book gave me a good understanding for what happens to a person on drugs coming from the outside view. This was a shocking but interesting thing, as I was almost completely oblivious to what happens to drug users. For people who need a good perspective change, I would suggest someone to read it however if they are looking for a cheerful book that is full of rainbows and flowers, this is not it. It is a true story and will make you sad but will also make you look at your own relationships and realize how much you have to be thankful for.

A reviewer

I'm still in highschool and I have a tough relationship with my mother and I read this book to try and get her vantage point on the situation. Martha and Augusta had a far more intense and out-of-control relationship with each other than the one I'm in, but I still connected with it quite a bit. Also, I now know that it could be a lot worse. One thing is that I could see the mother's fault even when she didnt see it. And I do think it was due to her that Augusta was so angry. I really want to hear Augusta's story from her own point of view. Definately a good read for mothers and daughters both.

YAY i guess!!!

i havent read this book yet, but i hope to find it amazing!!!! i hope that it is historical fiction because i readin it for that certain book report that says find an historical fiction book!!! so wish me the best of luck!!! BI BI!!!

Passionate story of a woman trying to keep her daughter alive. . .

AUGUSTA, GONE is an exceptional book that provides us with a crisp understanding of what life was like for a single mother trying to raise her children in an unknown world full of drugs, sex, and deceit. Through her struggle one sympathizes with her even though it is clear that somehow she provoked it when she tries to control everything in her life. . . A must read. . .

Native Northeast Harborite

This book points out a lot of what is wrong in today's society - parents too self absorbed and depending on schools, teachers, society, etc. to watch after their children and report any problems. I grew up in the same area and went to the same schools 20 years before...all of the drugs, the parties, and the wildness have always existed and most of us had more than just a taste of it. Most of us are rebellious as teenagers, but we aren't allowed to get away with it like Augusta was. Raising a child is a full time commitment and starts from the day they're born. If you set the limits and ground rules early and are consistent with them, you'll have a better chance of surviving the rebellious teens. As I read this book, I couldn't help reflecting on how my parents would have/did react to some of the situations written about...I lived in their house thus my room was never off limits, telephone conversations took place in the kitchen where all could hear, curfew was strict...as much as I hated it I at least knew they cared. It gave me great pain to read this book and have an 'outsider' blame this little town and it's inhabitants for the behaviour of her child, but I think it's important for parents to read so they have an idea of what is going on with thier children (we sometimes forget the insecurities we felt as a teenager) and important for children to read so they know their parents are there for them, but may not know how to reach out and show they care and want to help.

This book speaks the truth

This was a crazy book to read for me- as I am the charachter Rain in this book-and Agusta was my best friend in highschool. I give Martha alot of credit for the honesty of this book. When the book is noted as a true story-even as one of the charachters in question-I can vouch for its complete and perhaps moving/dark honesty. I was afraid to read it at first-afraid I would be offended, angered by her interpretation of our lives, as believe it or not mothers, it was a very difficult and trying time for the two of us, as well. I was touched by the depiction of her sadness, her hopelessness, for it gave me a lot of insight into how my mother (Jenny) must have been feeling through that time. I wasn't angry with this book. I think every mother and daughter should read it, if only for the realization that you are not alone, and that you will survive-through all of the insanity that today's adolescents and their parents navigate through, and not to lose hope.

This book is great for a mother of a teen or even a teen themselve.

I am 16 years old and this book has really hit home for me. It relates alot to the relationship of my mother and me. A lot of the fights the mother and her daughter have are like the ones I get into with my mom. I cried in the end of this book and it made me realize that I need to be thankful for my mother and that she is always here for me. This book is something a mother and even a young daughter can relate too.

like mother like daughter

This book is about a mother keeping herself sane and her daughter safe during the latters teenage years. The trick seems to be never giving up on either goal. I read this book in one afternoon - having 4 teenagers, and being a single, divorced mother, i could relate so well with the author.

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