Crystal Lies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781578568406)

A Son's Addiction. A Mother's Heartbreak. A Family's Crisis.

As the wife of a prominent city attorney and the mother of two teenage children on the brink of adulthood, Glennis Harmon lives the kind of successful, high-profile life that many people envy. But when nineteen-year-old Jacob is drawn into substance abuse, Glennis' "perfect" world shatters like a crystal vase rocked from its once-steady shelf.

Glennis struggles to understand the response of her family as they seek to support Jacob's recovery. Her husband appears more concerned with protecting his image than with finding help for their troubled son, but Glennis becomes determined to save Jacob no matter what the cost. Stepping into a rescuer role, she unintentionally puts her relationship with her older daughter, Sarah, and her already strained marriage on the line-and a revelation about her husband will push her to the brink of what she can bear.

How far should a mother go to save her child?

A compelling, compassionate, and ultimately hopeful novel about the impact of substance abuse and addiction, Crystal Lies is an intimate portrayal of one mother's attempt to simultaneously love, trust, and let go.

Author: Melody Carlson
ISBN-10: 1578568404
ISBN-13: 9781578568406
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/19/2004
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 162995 / Crystal Lies


Review Citation(s):
Romantic Times 10/01/2004 pg. 71 - Excellent
Booklist 10/01/2004 pg. 300
Library Journal 11/01/2004 pg. 68