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  • Memoirs Aren't Fairytales

  • A Story of Addiction
  • Written by: Marni Mann
  • Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith
  • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)

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Memoirs Aren't Fairytales

Written by: Marni Mann
Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith
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Leaving behind a nightmarish college experience, 19-year-old Nicole and her best friend Eric escape their home of Bangor, Maine to start a new life in Boston. Fragile and scared, Nicole desperately seeks a new beginning to help erase her past. But there is something besides freedom waiting for her in the shadows - a drug that will make every day a nightmare.

Heroin.

With one taste, the love that once flowed through Nicole's veins turns into cravings. Tracks mark the passing of time, and heroin's grip gets tighter. It holds her hand through deaths and prostitution, but her addiction keeps her in the darkness. When her family tries to strike a match to help light her way, Nicole must choose between a life she can hardly remember, and a love for heroin she'll never forget.

©2016 Marni Mann (P)2016 Marni Mann

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Awesome! But…

I bought thinking it was a true story. It’s not. Very life like, though. I listened to it in a day, it was that good. I kept wanting to know what happened next. Worth the listen.

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Honest and compelling

I couldn’t stop listening. I wanted to save this young woman from herself the entire time. Gives a perspective from the person with the addiction that is seldom heard. Allows you to walk a mile in someone’s shoes so to speak. Using heroin is a very bad idea to say the least !

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recovery is possible

loved every word. am recovering also. there but for the grace of God go I..

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Amazing!

I love memoirs based on addiction and this one did not disappoint. I listened to the entire thing over 2 days. I could not stop. Being in recovery myself, I related to the author in so many ways. This is definitely in my top 5 memoirs. Will listen to it again!!!

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amazing book

such a good read I couldn't stop listening. took me less then three days to get through the entire thing. very good narrating!!

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Pretty good

I really enjoyed this book, however there was nothing out of the ordinary about it. Typical story of a heroin user who goes down a dark path and questions herself.

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wow

A book that shows how a little taste can end up taking everything and everyone from you , change the person who you once were even if you thought that never possible think again addiction is more powerful than you know and this book shows from the start how easily this can happen .......

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