A Very Fine House, Barbara Cofer Stoefen
A Very Fine House, Barbara Cofer Stoefen
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A Very Fine House
A Mother's Story of Love, Faith, and Crystal Meth

Author: Barbara Cofer Stoefen

Narrator: Jessica Holtan

Unabridged: 7 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 03/15/2022

Synopsis

A Very Fine House is an intimate memoir of a mother's Norman Rockwell family turned upside down by her daughter's descent into meth addiction and crime. Bright and beautiful, Annie is an unlikely candidate for meth. Living fast and hard on the streets of Bend, Oregon, she commits crimes against herself, the community, and her own family.The author chronicles her child's addiction in a way that other writers have not written about addiction. What begins as an obsession to save her daughter, and a rage against God for allowing drugs to devour her college-age girl, transforms into release in a life changing letting-go-and-letting-God moment. The reader is first introduced to the Stoefen family and Barbara's dream for its idyllic future. Kinks in the perfect life appear. When Annie's alcoholism, drug use, and criminality ensue, Barbara fights to save her. There is all-consuming grief and the devastating loss of not just her daughter, but her dream for her own life as well. Barbara eventually finds support and a new way of thinking. While she continues the battle to save her daughter, she ultimately finds the courage to save herself. The conclusion deals with Annie's recovery--and Barbara's. Both experience a spiritual awakening and are transformed. A new and better dream for Barbara's life is born.

About Barbara Cofer Stoefen

Barbara Cofer Stoefen is a drug prevention activist in Oregon and advocate for recovering addicts. She presently serves as president of the Meth Action Coalition, a nonprofit organization providing education and community awareness on all drugs of abuse. Barbara is a graduate of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) National Coalition Academy, and is an active member of several coalitions working to reduce drug and alcohol abuse among minors.  Barbara holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and spent her early career in human resource management at well-known high-tech Silicon Valley companies.  Barbara has been married to Pete for thirty-two years. They have two adult children, Annie and Jeff.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie

This is a tragic tale of a young woman seeking to escape the ravages of an addiction to drugs and a mother who faces tough choices along the way. The family appear to be nominally Christian, but it isn't the saving message of Jesus or true hope in Him that is described as the key to overcoming the p......more

Goodreads review by David

There are many books that chronicle a parents' journey with a child's addiction. The stories in these books are often similar as there are so many commonalities in every person's addiction driven lives. What I particularly valued and appreciated in Barbara Stoefen's story is the way in which she educ......more

Goodreads review by Apryl

I saw so much of my sister in this book... A bittersweet connection of understanding. Also, as a social worker who deals with addicts on a daily basis this has given me a deeper look into the behaviors that have been barriers to their success. The differences illustrated between addiction versus abus......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

No doubt about it...Mrs. Stoefen knows what it's like to be the mother of an addict and holds nothing back as she shares the pain her family went through dealing with her daughter. As the mother of a recovering addict myself, but one with two children, I felt uniquely tied to this lady. It was like......more

Goodreads review by Evelynkm

I'm the mother of a 6-year-old with cancer, and this book had a lot to say to me about trust, faith, and control. Really a great book - the author has courage, humor, and hard-won good sense.......more

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