Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What Drugs Did to My Family Tapa dura - 2007

Portrait Books, 2007. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780749951559

London England: Portrait, 2007. Hardback. The author is a teacher, an ordinary middle-class mother who had always tried to do the best for her children. She never imagined that her twin sons, Nick and Simon, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs. But when they started smoking cannibis at school at the age of 13, it was just the start of a terrible journey into personal and family heartbreak. Nick and Simon became heroin addicts - resorting to lying, thieving, drug-dealing, stealing from their parents, anything to pay for their next hit. Since Nick's death at the age of 27 in 2004, she has campaigned tirelessly to make parents aware of the pain and suffering caused to families by drugs. Her surviving twin son, Simon, now drug-free, has contributed his own thoughts to the book. The result is an inspiring and moving story that will shake every reader to the core. Illustrated. 252 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback. Leer más

First printing. A little bit of damage to the pages containing illustrations between pages 94 and 95, where they have been stuck together resulting in some loss to the text. Unclipped DJ has some creasing and rubbing to edges. Elizabeth Burton Phillips is a teacher, an ordinary middle-class mother who had always tried to do the best for her children; she never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs. She was shocked when they were suspended from school for smoking cannabis; but this was just the start of a terrible, unimaginable journey - culminating in the knock on the door in the early hours by the police. They gave her the devastating news that her son Nick had killed himself in despair at his heroin addiction. Since his death, Elizabeth has campaigned tirelessly to make parents aware of the pain and suffering caused to families by drug addiction; and her surviving son, Simon, now drug-free, has contributed his own thoughts to this… Leer más

Piatkus Books, 2007. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Piatkus Books, 2007-05-17. Hardcover. Good.