Alcohol at the Family's Soul
Alcohol at the Family’s Soul, explores the harsh impact of alcohol on the lives of a family. It is a story of downfalls, hope, and redemption. Once alcohol invades the family's soul, it affects all its members; drinkers and non-drinkers alike. As anyone who attends AA; Al-Anon; ACOA; or has lived with an alcoholic, once alcohol places its grip on one, only decisive action can save all.
Narrated by Kurt Holman, the son of Roger and Marion, and the younger brother of Jessica, he tells the story of his seemingly perfect upper middle class family living the American dream. However, Kurt reveals the truth, the secret that no one is supposed to know; his mother is an active and abusive alcoholic. The family reacts to her in different ways; Jessica is a beautiful and ambitious young woman, seemingly impervious to hurt, who never seems to fail and who has vowed never to be like her mother; Roger has done his best to avoid confronting his wife about her "little problem;" and, Kurt, living on eggshells, lives in fear of her disapproval and his mother's next outburst.
Kurt is the quintessential, adult child of the alcoholic. Though a talented writer in college, his self-doubt cripples him; he lives in anticipation of failure. Any successes that he does achieve are met with fear that the truth will soon be uncovered, that he is merely lucky, and will be doomed to a life in his old bedroom, writing page after page of unread material.
Unsympathetic to his dream of writing, Jessica acts to "save" Kurt by introducing him to her boyfriend, Graham Major, the scion of one of the richest families in America and the controlling members of the firm, Major Arbitrage, the largest firm of its kind. Jessica tells him to accept a job at Graham's firm. Fearing his inevitable failure as a writer, Kurt opts to follow Jessica's direction.
To Kurt's amazement, Graham is as dysfunctional as anyone he has ever seen; he is all image and no substance, and he is taking Jessica, his indestructible sister, on her own inevitable ride. And though Kurt never has his own problems with alcohol, alcohol is a problem to him. He must come to grips with his issues of co-dependency and low self-esteem. He is placed in the role as Graham caretaker, a God forsaken job, which Kurt undertakes to try to protect his sister, to know avail. She is on her own downslide and nothing will help her until she reaches her bottom.
How the Holman family copes with this disease is a compelling and moving story.
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Narrated by Kurt Holman, the son of Roger and Marion, and the younger brother of Jessica, he tells the story of his seemingly perfect upper middle class family living the American dream. However, Kurt reveals the truth, the secret that no one is supposed to know; his mother is an active and abusive alcoholic. The family reacts to her in different ways; Jessica is a beautiful and ambitious young woman, seemingly impervious to hurt, who never seems to fail and who has vowed never to be like her mother; Roger has done his best to avoid confronting his wife about her "little problem;" and, Kurt, living on eggshells, lives in fear of her disapproval and his mother's next outburst.
Kurt is the quintessential, adult child of the alcoholic. Though a talented writer in college, his self-doubt cripples him; he lives in anticipation of failure. Any successes that he does achieve are met with fear that the truth will soon be uncovered, that he is merely lucky, and will be doomed to a life in his old bedroom, writing page after page of unread material.
Unsympathetic to his dream of writing, Jessica acts to "save" Kurt by introducing him to her boyfriend, Graham Major, the scion of one of the richest families in America and the controlling members of the firm, Major Arbitrage, the largest firm of its kind. Jessica tells him to accept a job at Graham's firm. Fearing his inevitable failure as a writer, Kurt opts to follow Jessica's direction.
To Kurt's amazement, Graham is as dysfunctional as anyone he has ever seen; he is all image and no substance, and he is taking Jessica, his indestructible sister, on her own inevitable ride. And though Kurt never has his own problems with alcohol, alcohol is a problem to him. He must come to grips with his issues of co-dependency and low self-esteem. He is placed in the role as Graham caretaker, a God forsaken job, which Kurt undertakes to try to protect his sister, to know avail. She is on her own downslide and nothing will help her until she reaches her bottom.
How the Holman family copes with this disease is a compelling and moving story.
Alcohol at the Family's Soul
Alcohol at the Family’s Soul, explores the harsh impact of alcohol on the lives of a family. It is a story of downfalls, hope, and redemption. Once alcohol invades the family's soul, it affects all its members; drinkers and non-drinkers alike. As anyone who attends AA; Al-Anon; ACOA; or has lived with an alcoholic, once alcohol places its grip on one, only decisive action can save all.
Narrated by Kurt Holman, the son of Roger and Marion, and the younger brother of Jessica, he tells the story of his seemingly perfect upper middle class family living the American dream. However, Kurt reveals the truth, the secret that no one is supposed to know; his mother is an active and abusive alcoholic. The family reacts to her in different ways; Jessica is a beautiful and ambitious young woman, seemingly impervious to hurt, who never seems to fail and who has vowed never to be like her mother; Roger has done his best to avoid confronting his wife about her "little problem;" and, Kurt, living on eggshells, lives in fear of her disapproval and his mother's next outburst.
Kurt is the quintessential, adult child of the alcoholic. Though a talented writer in college, his self-doubt cripples him; he lives in anticipation of failure. Any successes that he does achieve are met with fear that the truth will soon be uncovered, that he is merely lucky, and will be doomed to a life in his old bedroom, writing page after page of unread material.
Unsympathetic to his dream of writing, Jessica acts to "save" Kurt by introducing him to her boyfriend, Graham Major, the scion of one of the richest families in America and the controlling members of the firm, Major Arbitrage, the largest firm of its kind. Jessica tells him to accept a job at Graham's firm. Fearing his inevitable failure as a writer, Kurt opts to follow Jessica's direction.
To Kurt's amazement, Graham is as dysfunctional as anyone he has ever seen; he is all image and no substance, and he is taking Jessica, his indestructible sister, on her own inevitable ride. And though Kurt never has his own problems with alcohol, alcohol is a problem to him. He must come to grips with his issues of co-dependency and low self-esteem. He is placed in the role as Graham caretaker, a God forsaken job, which Kurt undertakes to try to protect his sister, to know avail. She is on her own downslide and nothing will help her until she reaches her bottom.
How the Holman family copes with this disease is a compelling and moving story.
Narrated by Kurt Holman, the son of Roger and Marion, and the younger brother of Jessica, he tells the story of his seemingly perfect upper middle class family living the American dream. However, Kurt reveals the truth, the secret that no one is supposed to know; his mother is an active and abusive alcoholic. The family reacts to her in different ways; Jessica is a beautiful and ambitious young woman, seemingly impervious to hurt, who never seems to fail and who has vowed never to be like her mother; Roger has done his best to avoid confronting his wife about her "little problem;" and, Kurt, living on eggshells, lives in fear of her disapproval and his mother's next outburst.
Kurt is the quintessential, adult child of the alcoholic. Though a talented writer in college, his self-doubt cripples him; he lives in anticipation of failure. Any successes that he does achieve are met with fear that the truth will soon be uncovered, that he is merely lucky, and will be doomed to a life in his old bedroom, writing page after page of unread material.
Unsympathetic to his dream of writing, Jessica acts to "save" Kurt by introducing him to her boyfriend, Graham Major, the scion of one of the richest families in America and the controlling members of the firm, Major Arbitrage, the largest firm of its kind. Jessica tells him to accept a job at Graham's firm. Fearing his inevitable failure as a writer, Kurt opts to follow Jessica's direction.
To Kurt's amazement, Graham is as dysfunctional as anyone he has ever seen; he is all image and no substance, and he is taking Jessica, his indestructible sister, on her own inevitable ride. And though Kurt never has his own problems with alcohol, alcohol is a problem to him. He must come to grips with his issues of co-dependency and low self-esteem. He is placed in the role as Graham caretaker, a God forsaken job, which Kurt undertakes to try to protect his sister, to know avail. She is on her own downslide and nothing will help her until she reaches her bottom.
How the Holman family copes with this disease is a compelling and moving story.
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BN ID: | 2940015603132 |
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Publisher: | brian davis |
Publication date: | 09/21/2012 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 477 KB |
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