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Underwater: A Mother's Search for Her Missing Daughter
An all-American teenage girl. A cherubic face. A diminutive five foot three, smelling of patchouli and strawberries. A seasoned addict at seventeen.
A social worker is faced with her most harrowing case in her teenage daughter Sarah, an IV drug user who disappears into the night on her eighteenth birthday. A year later, the author launches her quest to find her missing daughter in the catacombs of the drug world of Las Vegas.
Follow this mother as she interviews and forms alliances with clerks at cheap hotels, hard-living women of the seedy Royal Crest neighborhood, security cops at glittering casinos with stories of loss, weary homeless men with nowhere to go, a 400-pound bishop in a store-front church, and a kindhearted ex-police chief who knows the underbelly of the city. Learn what brings a mother and daughter to the brink of tragedy and the death that leads to a new life.
Fueled by courage, hope, resourcefulness and a bit of magic, the author is driven to seek redemption for her motherhood and the life of her child. Underwater will speak to and inspire anyone who has endured the heartbreak of a loved one stricken by addiction, disease, or adversity.
A social worker is faced with her most harrowing case in her teenage daughter Sarah, an IV drug user who disappears into the night on her eighteenth birthday. A year later, the author launches her quest to find her missing daughter in the catacombs of the drug world of Las Vegas.
Follow this mother as she interviews and forms alliances with clerks at cheap hotels, hard-living women of the seedy Royal Crest neighborhood, security cops at glittering casinos with stories of loss, weary homeless men with nowhere to go, a 400-pound bishop in a store-front church, and a kindhearted ex-police chief who knows the underbelly of the city. Learn what brings a mother and daughter to the brink of tragedy and the death that leads to a new life.
Fueled by courage, hope, resourcefulness and a bit of magic, the author is driven to seek redemption for her motherhood and the life of her child. Underwater will speak to and inspire anyone who has endured the heartbreak of a loved one stricken by addiction, disease, or adversity.
280 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 26, 2015
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About the author
Rosemary L'Esprit
2 books1 followerRosemary L'Esprit has been a psychotherapist, social worker, addictions education coordinator, book seller, food business owner, and now author. An adoptee, her work is marked with themes of separation and loss, a compelling need to know the truth, and a wisdom and honesty forged from experience.
Rosemary graduated from UC Berkeley and went on to earn a master’s degree in Psychology from Chapman University in Orange, CA. Subsequently, she began her therapy practice working primarily with adult survivors of childhood abuse. She used the language of symbols dreams, play therapy, and art in her work with children and adults. She now devotes her energies to writing. The memoir UNDERWATER: A Mother's Search for Her Missing Daughter, is her first book. She is working on a second true story of journeying through the healing process with a woman with multiple personalities. She lives in Southern California with her partner, Patricia.
Rosemary graduated from UC Berkeley and went on to earn a master’s degree in Psychology from Chapman University in Orange, CA. Subsequently, she began her therapy practice working primarily with adult survivors of childhood abuse. She used the language of symbols dreams, play therapy, and art in her work with children and adults. She now devotes her energies to writing. The memoir UNDERWATER: A Mother's Search for Her Missing Daughter, is her first book. She is working on a second true story of journeying through the healing process with a woman with multiple personalities. She lives in Southern California with her partner, Patricia.
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