Broken, William Cope Moyers
Broken, William Cope Moyers
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Broken
My Story of Addiction and Redemption

Author: William Cope Moyers, Katherine Ketcham

Narrator: Katherine Ketcham

Unabridged: 13 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/21/2006

Synopsis

Unlike some popular memoirs that have fictionalized and romanticized the degradations of drug addiction, Broken is a true-life tale of recovery that stuns and inspires with virtually every page. The eldest son of journalist Bill Moyers, William Cope Moyers relates with unforgettable clarity the story of how a young man with every advantage found himself spiraling into a love affair with crack cocaine that led him to the brink of death-and how a deep spirituality allowed him to conquer his shame, transform his life, and dedicate himself to changing America's politics of addiction.

About The Author

William Cope Moyers is the vice president for external affairs at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in Minnesota. As well as being a former newspaper journalist and writer for CNN, he is the author of the New York Times bestseller Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption.Katherine Ketcham has been writing nonfiction books for over 30 years. Her work has been published in 16 foreign languages and has sold over 1.5 million copies. She is the cofounder and executive director of a grassroots nonprofit organization called Trilogy Recovery Community, which helps youth and their family members with alcohol and drug problems. Ketcham lives in Walla Walla, Washington.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Debby

I am drawn to read books about and memoirs of addiction and recovery out of a desire to see if someone else can explain the concept of addiction as a "disease" in a manner that makes sense to me. William Cope Moyers, his parents (he is the oldest son of journalist Bill Moyers) and eventually Cope's......more

Goodreads review by Olivia

Omg my heart ❤️......more

Quotes

"William Cope Moyers's lucid, measured tale of his own plunge into crack-addled hell [is] frightening in its very realism." -USA Today

"A memoir of a terrible disease and one man's spiritual journey through it . . . that should be read by those who have friends or family members caught in addiction." -The Indianapolis Star

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