Original Sins: A Memoir (Original)

By: Matt Rowland Hill

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Synopsis: &“A shattering portrait of addiction—generously open, desperately honest and confronting.&” —Catherine Cho, author of Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and MadnessAn electrifying debut memoir of a pastor&’s son chronicling his loss of faith, his addiction to heroin and our universal quest to find something to believe in Matt Rowland Hill had two great loves in his life: Jesus and heroin. The son of an evangelical minister, Hill grew up with an unwavering devotion to the tenets of his parents&’ Baptist church. But by high school, he began to experience a crisis of faith. To fill the void, he turned to literature, and then to heroin and cocaine. By his twenties, Hill&’s substance abuse escalated into a full-on addiction. As he grew increasingly suicidal, he knew he had to come to terms with both religion and drugs to survive. Hill&’s debut is an extraordinary, gorgeously crafted memoir of faith, family, loss, shame and addiction. But ultimately, Original Sins is a raw portrait of survival—of growing up and learning how to live.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780369720450
Related ISBNs:: 9781335469571
Publisher:: Hanover Square Press
Date of Addition:: 07/05/22
Copyrighted By:: Matt Rowland Hill
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.