This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. - Format: Paperback
- Author: Suzanne Kerzner
- ISBN10: 0990492303
- ISBN13: 9780990492306
Snapshots from the Irish Riviera is one womans love letter to her younger siblings, illustrating that the children of alcoholic families are forced to be adults, so they are often left to reclaim their childhoods later in life.
Suzanne Kerzners story begins, when she and her ma move to the Canarsie Quonset huts in 1949, a tract of military-style temporary housing where missing fathers are more the rule than the exception. But then, disappearing men are a problem for her family, wherever they live.
Fatherless until shes eight, Suzanne has Uncle Mike instead, a confirmed Irish bachelor and a drinker who shes charged with keeping an eye on. After her fathers return, the birth of her siblings puts her in charge again, as her parents self-destructive drinking habits bring increasingly devastating instability and loss.
But through it all, Suzannes resilience shines brightly as she answers lifes blows with a giving heart. Through courage, imagination, and healing forgiveness, she creates her own life and moves forward to become a drug and alcohol treatment professional.
Her inspiring story serves as a guidebook to surviving lifes greatest difficulties. It shows that, no matter our circumstances, each of us has the capacity to find joy and love.
