A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction - A Memoir

by Paula Becker

Book Overview

A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman's struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to opioids. Paula Becker's son Hunter was raised in a safe, nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright, curious child. And yet, addiction found him.

More than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to opioids, some half-million of these to heroin. For many of them, their drug addiction leads...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609386590
• ISBN13: 9781609386597
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.7"