How to Grow an Addict: A Novel, by J.A. Wright
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Randall Grange has been tricked into admitting herself into a treatment center and she doesn’t know why. She’s not a party hound like the others in her therapy group―but then again, she knows she can’t live without pills or booze. Raised by an abusive father, a detached mother, and a loving aunt and uncle, Randall both loves and hates her life. She’s awkward and a misfit. Her parents introduced her to alcohol and tranquilizers at a young age, ensuring that her teenage years would be full of bad choices, and by the time she’s twenty-three years old, she’s a full-blown drug addict, well acquainted with the miraculous power chemicals have to cure just about any problem she could possibly have―and she’s in more trouble than she’s ever known was possible.
How to Grow an Addict: A Novel, by J.A. Wright- Amazon Sales Rank: #1279776 in Books
- Brand: She Writes PR
- Published on: 2015-11-03
- Released on: 2015-11-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .80" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 300 pages
Review "Raw, honest, fascinating insight into the growing-up years of a girl raised by what might be an ordinary family with ordinary flaws, and the extraordinary effects their lives have on her. J.A. Wright makes Randall so real, you want to go round and pick her up, make her a decent meal and tell her she's going to be okay." - Michele A'Court, columnist at The Press, New Zealand Comedy Guild's Comedienne of the Decade 2010 and author of Stuff I Forgot to Tell my Daughter "J. A. Wright's book is a compelling illustration of what fertile ground families are for nurturing addiction. It's not all doom and gloom however - the story is told in a clear-eyed, unsentimental voice which, for me, made it utterly convincing. It's captivating, heartrending and uplifting."- Morrin Rout, Former Literary Director of Chch Writers' Festival, Director of Hagley Writers' InstitutePortland Book Review - Feb 2016The review for How to Grow an Addict received 5 stars."J.A. Wright's How to Grow an Addict is a novelization about Randall, a young girl who is trying to navigate the testy waters of her family life and come out unscathed despite growing up in a house full of addicts and abusers. It reads like a memoir, a sort of "come clean" string of consciousness that chronicles her rise (or rather, fall) from a young girl to a young woman.The novel is literally what the title implies, a sort of explanation of a series of factors both genetic and environmental that lead to the rise of a small, precocious, and anxious child becoming a full blown addict. Randall has an abusive father and a mother who has a hard time defending her as it is clear that she's terrified of losing him (going so far as to get breast implants in a failed attempt to stop him from sleeping around). He behaves like he hates Randall, and she chews her fingernails to nubs as a result - and has a hard time functioning in a normal world without fidgeting.Randall is immensely likable, and though the reader begins to see her make a series of missteps as she gets older in an attempt to seek out love in "all the wrong places," the novel never takes on a judgmental tone. Randall is just a girl who's trying to navigate a very difficult situation that gets increasingly more difficult as life takes away some of her fiercest protectors and supporters. She is selfish, but only in a way that an addict is - someone who cannot see past their impulsive decisions into what the consequences may mean. It doesn't matter to her as she's just trying to get by in the only way she knows how. Her family resembles a million families, and some readers might even see some parallels between her family and their own in an alcoholic, abusive father who prioritizes a son above a daughter and creates another monster in the process; her brother who comes to hate her and lack empathy as much as her father does; her mother who is not perfect, but sad and unable to manage an angry and abusive husband, and who turns to anti-anxiety pills and alcohol as a way to cope.The novel ends with Randall beginning to accept help from those who have to foist it onto her and ends with an uplifting message: people can make a choice to recover and do the right thing. There may be mistakes and trip-ups in the process, but it's a process worth doing. This is a great book, and even if readers don't have first-hand experience with addicts or dysfunctional families, Randall feels real-life enough to turn to when it comes to trying to deal with real-life addiction. Readers should definitely give this one a shot."- Portland Book Review“Wright deftly and insightfully describes how a life can spiral toward addiction and rehab. The story is raw and touching and I found myself rooting for Randall as she navigates redemption and sobriety. A gritty and honest read.” —Susie Orman Schnall, award-winning author of On Grace and The Balance Project “Wright dares to stomp where others only lightly tread, and does so with grace, craft, and an unusual ease. This is not a sob story about abuse, damage, and addiction, it’s a story of how bravery, self-recognition, and the desire for happiness slap the former in the face and gleam with hope. A great read and lesson for anyone who’s been there, hopes to get elsewhere, or simply needs to read a story that resonates.” —Maria Kostaki, author of Pieces: A Novel
About the Author J.A. Wright was raised in the Pacific Northwest and moved to New Zealand in 1990. She is the founder and director of the World Buskers Festival (1994–2014), and the New Zealand Jazz and Blues Festival (1997–present). With more than thirty years in recovery from drug addiction, she’s been crafting this novel for years.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. I was fortunate to get an early copy of J By Charrette van Eekelen I was fortunate to get an early copy of J.A. Wright’s novel, “ How to Grow an Addict”. The title grabbed me and the writing kept me reading. I didn’t want to put it down. It’s beautifully and descriptively written. The main character, Randall Grange is an intensely loveable girl, often in frighteningly circumstances, due to drugs and alcohol. The author engages the reader at depicting a believable progression of addiction.Randall has meaningful loving relationships with her Aunt Flo and Uncle Hank , and horrid ones with her brother and father, as well as other men in her life. Some scenes are heart-breaking to read, and yet when she gets to rehab, she writes and is away from her crazy life, a calmness comes. I was relieved her life found new meaning as we moved through the story.I miss Randall. I didn't want the book to end. As Wright makes very clear, at times with humour and at other times, in a very frank manner, that addiction starts one day at a time and so can recovery, and that life can change from a nightmare to one with endless possibilities.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The seeds of addiction are planted early By Connie Mayo How does a seven year old take the first step, and the next, on the path to drug and alcohol abuse? Randall Grange will tell you in her raw and authentic voice. Author J.A. Wright, with her 30 years of recovery under her belt, has the street cred to write this novel, and that makes it all the harder to witness the situations her protagonist faces - being handed tranquilizers by her mother, learning the hair-of-the-dog hangover cure from her father, tolerating sexual abuse from a boyfriend that supplies her pills. But that street cred also makes it compulsive read, the kind where you plan to stop at the end of the next chapter and then find yourself continuing on. How To Grow an Addict delivers on the promise of its title, telling us all the things that should never happen to a child.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. naive and doesn't understand adult situations like alcoholism and family struggles in general By Debi @2014 & Beyond My road to recovery did not resemble the walk of the main character of this book, a young girl named Randall Grange. How to Grow an Addict starts out with the main character entering rehab and being asked by her counselor what 'three things' led her to become an addict. As the title suggests, the book then begins to share the story of Randall's growing up and basically shares with readers exactly what caused Randall to be an addict, and ultimately, we go back to get a glimpse of the beginnings of her recovery as well.The author succeeds at sharing the voice of a child with much more honesty than expected. Randall is young, naive and doesn't understand adult situations like alcoholism and family struggles in general. She is desperate to be noticed and to be loved by her father and tries so hard to please him. At the same time, she feels feelings of hatred for him for his actions. She blames herself for the death of an uncle by marriage, only to discover many years later that he had a heart attack and his death was of no cause of hers. With no one explaining life to her, how could Randall think anything other than what her childish mind could imagine.While her father is an alcoholic, Randall's mother is also emotionally unavailable and is very fond of various pills to help her sleep and/or forget the pain of her own life. Randall learns early on that those pills will help her erase the pictures in her mind and she helps herself to her mother's pills with no consequences, thus entering into the beginning stages of her drug addiction. Randall's brother can do no wrong in everyone's eyes, except for the fact that no one sees him becoming exactly like his father, with a very mean spirit.We learn of Randall's bad choices and her dependency on men for love, and we read on as we watch her grow into a young woman who uses her body in exchange for pills. It was very realistic and painful and I could identify with portions of the story pertaining to the lack of self worth while I not in recovery too.I really felt that author did a great job with the characters and that they were very well written. They could actually be real people I that I have known or could know. It's not one of those "happily ever after" books, but it mixes great humor and honesty while sharing a very powerful portrayal of a dysfunctional family and one woman's harrowing journey through childhood and into rehab.I'm not sure if it's because I'm farther and farther away from my last drink/drug, or if I'm just a prude, but I did feel that the language and sexual content when Randall's addiction were in full force were a little too much for my liking. Overall, the book had a great story and a quick read, but I do think the book would have been just as good without being so explicit. That's just my opinion.I received a complimentary paperback copy of this book from the publishers and BookSparks in exchange for this post, which is my honest review and unbiased opinion.
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