Here with You

A poignant and powerful tale of a mothers pain, and despair, as she tries to help her young son recover from the grips of addiction. A story that is sadly all too familiar for many families. Beautifully written, with heartbreaking and brave revelations. Offering a way forward with real hope and wisd......more

Kathy Wagner’s Here With You reads like every parent’s nightmare. But this is not a dream. This is memoir, real life, and Wagner and her son, Tristan, live the nightmares over and over again for seven years and then beyond. Wagner's pain is beyond imagining. She writes with intimacy, brutal honesty......more

I tried to get my hands on this well-received book as soon as I could, but my husband snatched it out of my hands first and I had to wait. My husband is not a big reader, but he had tears in his eyes as he read Ms. Wagner's words. He interrupted me multiple times to read passages out loud. This book......more

So many feelings with this book. I read a LOT of addiction/recovery books, except that this book is a about addiction - period. I have never read a memoir focusing so much on what an addiction does to the people around the addict. Sure, this is always given a chapter or two in most memoir on this subj......more

Although I never knew you or your family, when I read your story, I felt emotionally involved in the story from the second I opened the book. The book is about more than just the toxic drug crisis, it also touches on parenting, love for your children, and care and concern for your children, as well a......more