Come Back: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey Through Hell and Back
Author: Claire Fontaine
The unflinching true account of a teenage girl’s descent into society’s underbelly — and her mother’s desperate and ultimately successful attempts to bring her back.How does an honor student at one of Los Angeles’s finest prep schools — a bright, beautiful girl from a loving home — trade school uniforms and afternoons at the beach for shooting up in the back of a van in….Read More
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