{"product_id":"dear-james-janet-ropp-9798256167288","title":"Dear James: The Day Addiction Took My Son - A Mother's Journey Through Grief and Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA mother's love does not end where a heartbeat stops.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn an ordinary October afternoon in 2018, Janet Ropp's world split into before and after. A massage appointment, a missed call, four police cars in her driveway - and then the words no mother is ever prepared to hear. Her son James was gone, taken by an overdose at nineteen years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDear James\u003c\/em\u003e is Janet's unflinching account of the years that followed: the shattering, the searching, and the slow, sacred work of learning to live again. Written by a certified Grief Recovery Specialist and Spiritual Life Coach who has walked this exact road, this memoir doesn't offer easy comfort or tidy answers. Instead, it offers something rarer - honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA raw, real-time account of the day addiction took her son, and the years of grief that followed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHer journey through codependency, twelve-step recovery spaces, and the particular grief of losing someone to overdose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA deeply personal exploration of signs, spiritual connection, and what it means to stay bonded to someone who has crossed beyond the physical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"All That He Was\" - a loving tribute to who James truly was, beyond the addiction that took him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA curated resource guide for grieving parents, families affected by addiction, and anyone searching for support after loss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for the mother who has cried in her car after a hard day and then driven to the next one anyway. For anyone who has lost a child, a sibling, a piece of themselves to addiction. For anyone standing in the wreckage of what used to be, wondering if there's a way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is. Janet found it. And she is holding the door open for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janet Ropp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798256167288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Writers of the West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Janet Ropp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997950816511,"sku":"9798256167288","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-james-janet-ropp-9798256167288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}