Hold my hand, Rosie. Don’t let go. Madeleine and Rosie Redding
Hold my hand, Rosie. Don’t let go.
A mother-and-daughter story of addiction, despair, and hope.
Madeleine and Rosie Redding
Publication date 22nd March 2024
RRP $34.95, PB, 200pp
ISBN: 9781738617630
“This book is the inspirational story of a mother’s love that enables her daughter to battle alcohol, achieve sobriety and have a second chance at life.”
“Alcoholism is a family disease – all members of the family are affected by the alcoholic. This family has together confronted the disease, determined to help Rosie find her path to sobriety.”
Rosie is a shy young teenager when she starts experimenting with alcohol. When Rosie’s parents finally realise that their beloved daughter is having problems with her drinking, Rosie is firmly in the grip of alcoholism. What follows is the true story of a family’s battle over ten years to find help for Rosie, whose journey is lined with the all the horrors the disease can bring, including the tragic loss of friends. Ultimately it is Rosie’s resilience and determination that starts her on the tenuous path towards sobriety, while her parents vow to never give up and to never, ever let her go.
Madeleine and Rosie Redding are pseudonyms and most of the people who feature in the story have had their names changed. This is to protect and respect the vulnerable who are on their own troublesome journey of addiction.
Authors note: There are myriad publications by alcoholics and for alcoholics. There are many self-help genre books for families of alcoholics and addicts. There are fewer in the memoir genre of a parent describing their experiences of a child with alcoholism.
The target audience for this book is alcoholics in recovery and, importantly, their loved ones, who sustain as much damage and on occasion more than those they are living alongside, with the disease.
TRIGGER WARNING: This book mentions suicide.
Publicity updates
‣ #2 on The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending 29 March 2024
‣ #6 in the Nielsen BookScan Indies Top 20 chart for the week ending 30 March 2024
‣ #9 for NZ published Non-Fiction books for the week ending 30 March 2024 in the Nielsen BookScan Bestseller Charts
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