Whiskey's Children [Paperback]

J. Erdmann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1998

An intelligent, charismatic man who is also a fourth-generation alcoholic tells the story of his journey from the pain and despair of addiction and self-loathing to the miracle of recovery and his own renewed faith in God.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (June 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575663058
• ISBN-13: 978-1575663050
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,057,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I thought it was terrific., February 28, 1999

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This review is from: Whiskey's Children (Hardcover)

Whiskey's Children touched me far more than Angela's Ashes. It hit me in emotional places I hadn't visited for a long, long time. The prose was brilliant. As Annie Lamott the New York Times Best Selling Author wrote in her forward: "a story so beautifully told it will leave you shaking with wonder". Exactly! When I read the rave reviews on the jacket I was struck by Senator George McGovern's remarks: "Heartbreaking and soaring. A testament of survivial and hope for all who suffer from this affliction". D. May

I believe Whiskey's Children is the most powerful and inspirational book ever written on alcoholism.

Everyone who loves a fast and gripping read should run, not walk, to the nearest bookstore and pick one up.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A searing, unsparing odyssey from the gutter to the light, February 6, 2004

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L Goodman-Malamuth "Leslie Goodman-Malamuth" (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whiskey's Children (Paperback)

Jack Erdmann's story of his long struggle back from the strangling grip that alcoholism held on his life, as well as over members of his family for four generations, is a tour de force. This book is not just for alcoholics, or for drinkers who feel that they "don't have a problem," it is for everyone who is willing to accompany Erdmann on a harrowing journey.

For those readers with alcoholics in the family, they--we--find ourselves nodding with recognition, and ultimately uplifted by the knowledge that there's a way up from the bottom. They will find assistance from now-sober alcoholics "with kind eyes, offering hot cups of bad coffee," in the words of Anne Lamott, a recovering alcoholic herself, who wrote the foreword.

You want an "easy, feel-good" book--well, there are plenty of THOSE. You want one that will change your life, or that of someone whom you love, or that will give breathtaking insights into the lives of the alcoholics you know, "Whiskey's Children" is the best effort I've found. There are pathos, self-degradation, guilt, self-loathing, and even a quiet humor in these pages.

If Amazon offered more than five stars, Erdmann and his co-author Larry Kearney would have earned them many times over. Not just for writing, but from their phoenix-life resurrection from the ashes of an alcoholic life.

This is a wonderful book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you or a loved one have a problem with booze, READ THIS!, March 30, 2000

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Carol Chesney (Fort Collins, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whiskey's Children (Hardcover)

"Whiskey's Children" is by far the best book I have ever read on the disease of alcoholism. Mr. Erdmann describes so well the descent and the progression into alcoholic aniliation. And he describes the way out which is nothing short of a miracle. You will CHERISH this book!