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Recovery Road
''Recovery Road'' is a novel for teenagers by author Blake Nelson. The book is centered on a teenager, Maddie Graham, at the rehab center, Spring Meadows, and how she overcomes her addiction to alcohol and drugs. The book shows how Maddie transforms herself from a drug-obsessed and alcohol-addicted teen to a mature young woman who ends up going to university and developing a sober life. ''Recovery Road'' has recently been adapted into a TV drama of the same name which debuted in 2016 on the Freeform network, which is the successor to the ABC Family network. Plot summary Madeline (or Maddie) Graham is starting junior year in rehab. She hates the losers surrounding her, except fellow rehab friend, Trish. Soon, the two are escaping the halfway house every Tuesday to go to the movies with other recovering addicts. There, Madeline meets Stewart, another recovering addict, and the two teens are immediately drawn together. What follows is a story about being in love while trying to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Nelson
Blake Nelson is an American author of adult and children's literature. He grew up in Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ..., Oregon, and attended Wesleyan University and New York University. He lives in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. Biography Nelson began his career writing short humor pieces for ''Details (magazine), Details'' magazine in the mid-'90s. These articles, with titles including "How to be an Expatriot" and "How to Live on $3600 a year", explored the slacker West Coast lifestyle. His first novel ''Girl (Nelson novel), Girl'' was excerpted in ''Sassy (magazine), Sassy'' magazine in three successive issues. The mail ''Sassy'' received in response was key to the eventual publication of ''Girl''. ''Girl'' has since been pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |