Unraveled
A Mother and Son Story of Addiction and Redemption
by Laura Cook Boldt and Tom H. Boldt
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Pub Date 10 Nov 2020 | Archive Date 02 Jul 2021
Greenleaf Book Group | River Grove Books
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Description
With intense courage and candor, mother and son coauthors, Laura and Tom Boldt, share the raw accounting of Tom’s journey into alcohol and drug addiction and how that trauma reverberated throughout their circle of family, friends, and extended family. The book also charts Laura, who has a backstory. She is more than a mother standing by watching the life of her promising young son come undone. She has struggled with alcohol addiction firsthand but remains emotionally and physically sober and present for her son during his collision course with disaster. The Boldt family’s love and compassion is palpable as they work their way through deep fear, sleepless nights, and crushing setbacks.
This is a riveting portrayal of the agonies of addiction and how one family faced their issues and found a stronger, more sustainable path forward. Many readers will undoubtedly see themselves in these stories and will come away with an abiding sense of hope—not just for Tommy and Laura, but for themselves, too.
The writing in Unraveled is brilliant and fresh, and the two voices working together and against each other makes Unraveled even more memorable. Tommy's gift for zingy one-liners energizes the story and contrasts cleverly with Laura's witty yet measured and concerned maternal tone.
Unraveled is a tale of chaos and near-death experiences that shares personal and private moments and the intense challenges and grueling work it takes to get sober and remain sober. It’s a unique story of a mother and son’s journey that ends with on-your-knees epiphanies that leave both parent and child asking for help. This tandem narrative is a compelling testimony of bravery and honesty that, with edgy and surprising humor, charts a family’s slow climb out of the abyss of pain into the full power of faith, redemption, and healing.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781632993199 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Cristie U, Bookseller
The authors were so open and honest about the havoc that addiction brought to their world and of how they worked together to get past it. Having a mother that also struggled with addiction issues was such a huge piece of Tom's recovery and I admire the strength that it took for Laura to not only stay sober for herself, but to be present for her son when he needed her the most. This book is such an inspirational read.
Amy M, Reviewer
"Unraveled"was a look at two sides of addiction, one of the son with drug habit and one of his mother. With her own experience with alcohol addiction, Laura is a woman juggling her parenting responsibilities and her own personal needs. That she clearly recognizes that she must draw a line between her son's needs and her own, that she approaches her own sobriety as a non-negotiable and takes care of herself even in the face of a crisis with her child is a brave decision. She supports her son without taking responsibility for him, as she should since he is at the cusp of adulthood. Tom is honest about some of the details that paint him in a less than positive light. He accepts responsibility for his bad behavior and shows empathy in hindsight with those he wrongs, from his girlfriend, to his friend whom he physically hurt, to his family. He is right to note how lucky he is, how priviledged to be able to go to these amazing programs and to have so much family support. That this made a big difference in his outcome is no secret. He worked hard at sobriety, at moving forward, but he does recognize areas where he is helped along this journey. I found this book to be engaging and the back and forth between Laura's and Tom's points of view was a different spin on telling this type of narrative. I do notice that the ugly sides of addiction are not covered here, not really. They get a little attention, but the rabbit hole is largely unexplored, you peer into it a little, but never go down there. I would recommend this book as an honest, interesting account of one family's experience with addiction and recovery. With its positive spin, it's an inspiring tale of family and support and the message that you can turn your life around.
Gail P, Reviewer
What a powerful message in this book! Some of it was so painful to listen to and I really disliked both of them when they were in the middle of their addiction.
It had to take a lot of courage to reveal the affects of what the addictions can do to a family unit and put it into print.
Their road to recovery is a testimony to courage, faith and gaining control of their lives after years of falling into the abyss that they couldn’t control. They were powerless over their addiction.
The authors did a wonderful job of narrating their own stories alternating between the two.
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