{"product_id":"what-i-should-have-said-a-poetry-memoir-about-losing-a-child-to-addiction-9781646624836","title":"What I Should Have Said: A Poetry Memoir About Losing A Child to Addiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Starting with the first line of the first poem, 'The night that bled into the morning my son died, ' I read this collection straight through with my heart in my throat. Reader, prepare yourself: once you start reading \u003cem\u003eWhat I Should Have Said\u003c\/em\u003e, you won't be able to stop. After reading these poignant poems, which are full of joy as well as sorrow, I feel that I, too, knew Kyle, and I miss him very much.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Lesléa Newman\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eI Carry My Mother\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e I Wish My Father\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWhat I Should Have Said\u003c\/em\u003e is a raw and painful chronicle of a bereaved mother's journey through losing her child to the disease of addiction. I've been struggling with the death of our second son, Christopher, and Lanette's words really helped me move forward in my grief. Her brutal honesty allowed me to process Christopher's death from alcohol addiction. I'm encouraged by her \"List of Hopes\" at the end of the book and have begun writing my own list. I thank the author for shedding light on the darkness and stigma attached to the disease of addiction and for reminding us that our children were and are so much more than their addictions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Kathy Corrigan\u003c\/strong\u003e, Board President, Bereaved Parents of the USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If it were fiction, if it did not lacerate the heart to know the truth behind it, Lanette Sweeney's poetry memoir about losing a child to drugs would only be tragically beautiful. As it is, it is devastating, featuring poetry by her lost son Kyle [Fisher-Hertz] along with her own. Speaking the unspeakable for her own peace, and for the understanding of the rest of us, is Sweeney's mission. The only thing better than reading these tender, elegiac, broken words would be for her to never have needed to write them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Jacquelyn Mitchard\u003c\/strong\u003e, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Deep End of the Ocean\u003c\/em\u003e and 18 other novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14837948\"\u003eLanette Sweeney\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finishing Line Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646624836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646624831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Finishing Line Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42686293082349,"sku":"9781646624836","price":26.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0bc19dac-e525-4e75-9adb-187028f9fede.jpg?v=1649775456","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/what-i-should-have-said-a-poetry-memoir-about-losing-a-child-to-addiction-9781646624836","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}