Recommended social care type books?

Lillylilly

Hey,

I'm looking for some recommendations!!

I'm a big fan of non fiction. I really like reading books by psychology/ social care professionals. I've read loads of books by individuals that have overcome adverse situations (drug addiction, autism, prostitution etc). I've read all the Shane Dunphy books and loved them so anything along those lines.

Haven't got my teeth into anything good in a while, so any recommendations are welcome!!

Have a super day

L.

orangecake

Have you read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey? Its about a recovering drug addict and his time in rehab. Its a really compelling read.

hatful

I've just finished Oliver Sacks, "The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat", it's a series of fascinating case studies of patients with neurological diseases/ defects who Dr. Sacks treated made recommendations for. He is a "naturalist" and sees beyond the disease to the person, making the case studies highly readable and informative.

The best book on drug addiction I've read is 'Junky' by William S Burroughs.

Lillylilly

orangecake wrote: »

Have you read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey? Its about a recovering drug addict and his time in rehab. Its a really compelling read.

I read this, loved it, bought the follow up book and then discovered it's all a big fat lie!!!!!
Google it... he says that he exagerrated actual events to make them more exciting but there's still controversy around whether he was even an actual drug addict. The whole prison stint never happened (according to police records) and noone ever met or heard of Lilly and Lenny.
Very disappointing stuff

orangecake

I knew before I read it that it was an 'embellished' version of events so I just took the book for what it was - a really good story. Maybe if I read it thinking it was entirely factual I would have felt a bit betrayed but one way or another Frey paints a harrowing picture of drug addiction and rehabilitation.

girl_friday

Kathy Glass is an amazing author who writes about her experiences as a foster mother... She has a few books out and I've enjoyed them all.

Tom Sykes "What Did I do Last night" is supposedly a good book on alcoholism - I've bought it but not had the time to read it yet...

pauline fayne

Lillylilly wrote: »

Hey,

I'm looking for some recommendations!!

I'm a big fan of non fiction. I really like reading books by psychology/ social care professionals. I've read loads of books by individuals that have overcome adverse situations (drug addiction, autism, prostitution etc). I've read all the Shane Dunphy books and loved them so anything along those lines.

Haven't got my teeth into anything good in a while, so any recommendations are welcome!!

Have a super day

L.

Blacbird by Judith Lauck .