Long Way Home, Cameron Douglas
Long Way Home, Cameron Douglas
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Long Way Home

Author: Cameron Douglas

Narrator: Cameron Douglas

Unabridged: 15 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2019


Synopsis

A “gripping" memoir (Rolling Stone) of one man’s descent into the depths of addiction and self-destruction—and his successful renewal of family ties that had become almost irreparably frayed.

On the surface, Cameron Douglas had everything: descended from Hollywood royalty (son of Michael Douglas, grandson of Kirk Douglas), he was born into a life of wealth, privilege, and comfort. But by the age of thirty, he had become a drug addict, a thief, and—after a DEA drug bust—a convicted drug dealer sentenced to five years in prison, with another five years added while he was incarcerated.

Through supreme willpower, a belief in himself, and a steely desire to alter his life’s path, Douglas began to reverse his trajectory, to understand and deal with the psychological turmoil that tormented him for years, and to prepare for what would be a profoundly challenging but successful reentry into society at large.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Holly on November 02, 2019

I read this book in a day. I found it a compelling story of a boy surviving a lonely childhood that fueled into a self-loathing serious drug addiction. It took Cameron for a harrowing ride though years of destruction and darkness. Only he could pull himself up by the bootstraps and turn his life aro......more

Goodreads review by Renee on December 04, 2019

I listened to this book on audio which was read by the author telling of his life growing up with Michael Douglas as his father, his parents divorce and his spiral into addiction. He recognizes that he was born into wealth, privilege, and comfort and feels that his need to create a separate identity......more

Goodreads review by Erin on November 28, 2019

Mixed emotions reading this one. Did anyone else wonder what happened to Erin?......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on December 14, 2019

I won this book from Goodreads. So happy that I did. Cameron Douglas, born into the famous Douglas acting family, seems to have it all: grandfather, Kirk Douglas; dad, Michael Douglas; and all the benefits of the glamor of Hollywood. However, all that doesn’t guarantee success and this book details h......more

Goodreads review by Lee on June 05, 2020

Loved this book, really was a page turner for me.......more


Quotes

“Frank, compelling, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately triumphant.” —Variety

"Gripping." —Rolling Stone

“Family permeates Douglas’s book.... Long Way Home is [an] unsparing account of how he pursued what he calls his ‘demented death wish,’ chasing addictions to heroin and liquid cocaine, shaking off rehabs and forcible interventions, and nearly getting himself killed numerous times.” —The New York Times