An Act of Contrition

Death, support, addiction. The only thing you can count on is change. Greenwood writes with the observant eye of Joan Didion and the poetic passion of Sylvia Plath. This confessional memoir details several years of a girl's life as she makes the jump into adulthood. A crazy family, a struggle with depression, Dr. Kevorkian's business card, chemical and sexual dependency, an unsympathetic mother and a need to find her place. Greenwood's detail is haunting and her stories force you to confront subjects better left alone.