Coming Clean - by Liz Fraser (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>In this wrenching debut memoir of love, family, and addiction, Liz Fraser tells her story of watching a partner unravel from alcoholism and working to rebuild a life together.</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>In this wrenching debut memoir of love, family, and addiction, Liz Fraser tells her story of watching a partner unravel from alcoholism and working to rebuild a life together.</b> <p/>My name is Liz, and I am the partner of an alcoholic. <p/>This is the story of two people in love, who packed up their lives and drove a thousand miles across Europe in a transit van to the magical island of Venice, to start their new lives and dreams together and raise their baby girl there. They left behind everything they didn't need. But they also brought something terrible with them: alcoholism. <p/> In the summer of 2019, Liz Fraser watched her husband fall into a catastrophic vortex of depression, alcoholism and self-destruction, which, unbeknownst to her, had been slowly bubbling and building for years. She was suddenly left alone with their baby, in a foreign country, renovating a house, and paying all the family bills along with his enormous drink-related costs. She worked when she could with no childcare or support, all while slowly losing her mind from shock, exhaustion, and heartbreak. <p/> It was a long and lonely time before she met others who live, or have lived, with alcoholism or other substance abuse, whether a spouse, a partner, a child or friend, and found enormous relief in talking about it with people who could understand. In <i>Coming Clean</i>, Liz tells her story--of life with an alcoholic at his darkest moments, and the uncertain journey through recovery as her husband nears six months of sobriety. With this raw, wrenching memoir, she gives a voice and offers hope to everyone watching a loved one struggle with substance abuse with the crucial reminder: you are not alone.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"<b>Visceral and gripping.</b>" --<i>Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun</i> <p/>"<b>Raw, unflinching, incredibly brave</b>" --<i>Anita Rani, BBC Woman's Hour</i> <p/>"An <b>extraordinary</b> book - deeply painful and loving." --<i>Adam Kay</i> <p/>"[<i>Coming Clean</i>] sheds light on the reverberating effects of addiction and sobriety in this <b>glowing memoir </b>that unravels her experience falling in - and at times, out of - love with an alcoholic ... Fraser illuminates the complexities of loving an addict and why she 'didn't run a mile' when his illness became apparent ... In the end, her wry prose, sharp self-reflection, and affinity for the uncertain reshapes her fraught experience into <b>a nuanced story of resilience</b>. This will be <b>a beacon of hope for those whose lives have been touched by addiction.</b>" --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"A <b>remarkably frank, emotionally charged</b> foray into one woman's battle to come to terms with her partner's alcoholism; a desperate fight to protect herself and her child, and to create a world where they could be enough for one another." --<i>Charlotte Philby</i> <p/>"A blistering account of damaged love, that will console anyone who lives with an addict. It's <b>heartbreaking, eloquent and blackly funny</b>. A book in search of the limits of compassion, finding none. An extraordinary achievement." --<i>Rhik Samadder, author of I Never Said I Loved You</i> <p/>"Liz Fraser's memoir will break your heart into a million pieces and then gently squeeze it back together. Heart-rending and sad. <b>A wonderful book</b>." --<i>Charlie Condou</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Liz Fraser is a writer and broadcaster on all aspects of modern family life. The author of five books, she has written for the <i>Sunday Times</i>, <i>The Telegraph, </i> <i>The</i> <i>Guardian</i>, <i> Grazia</i>, <i>Glamour</i>, <i>Marie Claire</i>, <i>Red</i> and <i>Runner's World</i> among others and appears frequently on TV and radio. She has a psychology degree from Cambridge University and speaks openly about her struggles with various mental health issues. Liz has four children spanning twenty years, and lives in Oxfor
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