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Fleeing her home to escape the abuse of her mother's boyfriend, Jada seeks refuge with Born, the neighborhood kingpin, but her new life is threatened by crack addiction, prostitution, a struggle to rebuild her life, and a stormy romance with a street hustler.

The son of broadcaster Bill Moyers shares his personal battle with alcoholism and drug addiction, describing his privileged childhood, multiple relapses, and rise to a key player at the Hazelden Foundation, an addiction treatment center.

A confessional account of the author's struggles with addiction traces his rise from a crack house regular to a columnist for "The New York Times," describing his experiences with rehabilitation, cancer, and single parenthood.

In Argentina, Anglo teacher Richard Garay is recruited as a spy by the Americans and gradually comes to the conclusion he has sold his soul. A study of homosexuality in a country which disapproves of it and a look at what it meant to be of English origin at the time of the 1982 war between England and Argentina. By the author of The Heather Blazing

"Kristina Snow es una hija y estudiante ejemplar hasta que, durante una visita a su padre, se sumerge en un mundo delirante que despierta a Bree, su álter ego. Bree es todo lo que Kristina nunca soñó ser: poderosa, atrevida, seductora y... adicta a la mentanfetamina cristal. Pero el monstruo de las drogas es más poderoso de lo que jamás imaginó y la arrastrará en un viaje con insospechadas consecuencias."--Back cover.