Title: Chancers: Addiction, Prison, Recovery, Love: One Couple's Memoir
Author: Susan Stellin and Graham MacIndoe
Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 7, 2016)
Pages: 448
I have more books in my pile of books to be read then I want to admit to.
Yet when I ran across, CHANCERS: ADDICTION, PRISON, RECOVERY, LOVE: ONE
COUPLE’S MEMOIR by SUSAN STELLIN AND GRAHAM MACINDOE, I ordered it. That it is
a memoir and had the word prison is what drew me in.
When Susan Stellin asked Graham MacIndoe to shoot her author photo for an
upcoming travel book, she couldn’t have imagined in her wildest dreams the
journey it would lead her on.
I’m not sure what I expected when I ordered CHANCERS: ADDICTION, PRISON,
RECOVERY, LOVE: ONE COUPLE’S MEMOIR by SUSAN STELLIN AND GRAHAM MACINDOE. What
I didn’t expect was a beautifully written, honest account of two people’s lives.
CHANCERS flips between SUSAN STELLIN AND GRAHAM MACINDOE’S story of their
life as they travel through their relationship. SUSAN and GRAHAM have distinct
voices, yet maintain coherency in writing style.
CHANCERS is a fascinating read, one you won’t be able to put down. SUSAN
gives an honest look into the experience of having someone you love addicted to
drugs. GRAHAM gives a harsh account of the reality of what drugs can do to
one’s life. A fascinating walk through addition to drugs, experiencing withdrawals,
prison, and the system we count on to be just.
I have been volunteering in prison ministry since 2004. In all I have
witness and been informed of by inmates, GRAHAM brought the experience from the
view of one going through it to life, not hiding the ugly and brutal
truth.
CHANCERS is written like a great novel. Suspense, hope, love,
uncertainty, and intrigue makes it hard to put down. I highly recommend
CHANCERS: ADDICTION, PRISON, RECOVERY, LOVE: ONE COUPLE’S MEMOIR, and would
gladly purchase other books written by SUSAN STELLIN AND GRAHAM MACINDOE.
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