A heart breaking story from a mother who found that not just one but both her twin sons had become drug addicts. Elizabeth Burton-Philips shows how a normal family with a comfortable life can be devastated by this terrible addiction. Sadly one of her sons died, the other is now in recovery and contributes to this book. Drugs shatter lives no matter who you are or where you come from, and with this book Elizabeth Burton-Philips gets her message out there.
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A mother’s searing account of every parent’s nightmare – how drug addiction destroyed the lives of her twin sons Elizabeth Burton Phillips is a teacher, an ordinary middle-class mother who had always tried to do the best for her children; she never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs. She was shocked when they were suspended from school for smoking cannabis; but this was just the start of a terrible, unimaginable journey – culminating in the knock on the door in the early hours by the police. They gave her the devastating news that her son Nick had killed himself in despair at his heroin addiction. Since his death, Elizabeth has campaigned tirelessly to make parents aware of the pain and suffering caused to families by drug addiction; and her surviving twin, Simon, now drug-free, has contributed his own thoughts to this inspiring and moving book.
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid? features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid? is available in Paperback, Digital download
Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid? was written by Elizabeth Burton-phillips and published by Piatkus Books
