Hold Me Close, Let Me Go: A Mother, A Daughter and an Adolescence Survived - Softcover

"An honest, moving account of family life gone haywire." -Kirkus Reviews

"Adair Lara has transcended the genre of self to achieve selflessness. Her story of abiding love and pure anguish is a must-readÉand for any parent, Lara's book will be a beacon." -Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean

"Lara's memoir is in equal parts disturbing and absorbing, primarily because of [her] ability to acknowledge--and ultimately accept responsibility for--her initial eagerness to deny that her daughter's life was going awry...Her yarn is told from the heart" -New York Newsday

An award-winning newspaper columnist provides a candid memoir of dealing with a teenage daughter whose rebellion is spinning out of control as she describes her daughter's transformation from loving child to angry, secretive adolescent involved in drinking, drugs, running away, failing school, and more, in a portrait of motherhood and the healing power of love and family. Reprint.