How to Grow an Addict
by J.A. Wright
RELEASE DATE: 3RD NOVEMBER 2015| RRP: $29.99 | PB | PUBLISHED BY TOAD LTD (NZ ONLY),
SHEWRITES PRESS (US AND INTERNATIONAL) | DISTRIBUTED IN NZ BY NATIONWIDE BOOK DISTRIBUTORS
A compelling new novel, showing a rare insight into a young girl’s descent into addiction – and her struggle for
redemption, How to Grow an Addict will keep readers engrossed from the first page to the last.
Randall Grange has been tricked into admitting herself into a treatment centre and she doesn't know why. She's not a
party hound like the others in her therapy group but then again, she knows she can't live without pills or booze. Raised
by an abusive father, a detached mother, and a loving aunt and uncle, Randall both loves and hates her life. She's
awkward and a misfit. Her parents introduced her to alcohol and tranquilizers at a young age, ensuring that her teenage
years would be full of bad choices, and by the time she's twenty-three, she's a full-blown drug addict, well acquainted
with the miraculous power chemicals have to cure just about any problem she could possibly have and she’s in more
trouble than she’s ever known was possible.
With stunning cover design by New York-based NZ artist Henry Hargreaves, How to Grow an Addict is a compelling coming-of-age story about a young woman’s descent into addiction – and her struggle for redemption.
Alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, Randall is a memorable character who will make you laugh and cry – and will
stay with you long after the final page.
Praise for How to Grow an Addict:
“Raw, honest, fascinating insight into the growing-up years of a girl raised by what might be an ordinary family with
ordinary flaws, and the extraordinary effects their lives have upon her. J. A. Wright makes Randall so real, you want to
go round and pick her up, make her a decent meal, and tell her she’s going to be ok. As each small moment compounds the
one before, you stop wondering if you can spot the moment when things will go properly wrong, and start to wonder how
anything will ever go right.” – Michele A’Court, New Zealand Comedy Guild’s “Comedienne of the Decade 2010.”
J.A. Wright was raised in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and moved to New Zealand in 1990. She is the founder and
director of the World Buskers Festival (1994–2014), and the New Zealand Jazz and Blues Festival (1997–present). With
more than thirty years in recovery from drug addiction, she’s been crafting this novel for years.
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