The Secret of Willow Ridge - Gabe’s Dad Finds Recovery

Helen H. Moore, Illustrated by John Blackford
Foreword by Claudia Black, Ph.D.

Meet Gabe, an extremely likeable ten-year-old. Yet Gabe is almost-friendless, unhappy, and skeptical. He’s reeling from mistreatment at the hands of his addicted father and the effects the disease of addiction have had on his family. The good–and exciting–news is that Gabe is about to embark on a hopeful journey that leads him to take pride in his dad’s greatest accomplishment: recovery. Peppered with Gabe’s insights and enhanced with charming and evocative illustrations, The Secret of Willow Ridge: Gabe’s Dad Finds Recovery addresses the emotional and social issues children of addicts face, through an engaging and contemporary story.

Foreword written by renowned author Claudia Black, Ph.D. who is internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. Since the 1970s Dr. Black’s work has encompassed the impact of addiction on young and adult children

$12.95 / trade paper
5˝ x 8˝, 96pp
Addiction/Family/Juvenile
ISBN-10: 0-9818482-0-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-9818482-0-4