Booze at Breakfast

Download or read book Booze at Breakfast written by Catherine W. Scott and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booze at Breakfast is a family portrait of the disease of alcoholism. Stories take us to the heart of life's deep truths, and this one hits us from all the characters' perspectives the abusive self-loathing alcoholic, his wife and the children's experience, and especially his son, Peter. It is charmingly interspersed with an Irish neighbor's spiritual wisdom and the youth priest's friendship with the alcoholic's wife and son. The redemption herein is hard-won, funny, and sweet. Engrossing, loving, and wise, this story will provide understanding for anyone who has puzzled about an alcoholic or his/her family's choices and challenges.