For six years melinda ferguson was driven by one motivating force the nex. And this applies to all addictions, not just melindas herion addiction, but to eating addiction, alcohol. Bold, raw and unashamedly honest, smacked is a tale of. For this, she would abandon her promising filmmaking career, lose her comfortable suburban home, her husband, her two children and, in a gruelling finale to six years of remorseless selfdestruction. Melinda ferguson spoke to wordsworths andrew majoribanks at the cape town book fair about her latest book hooked and the reissue of smacked. She headlines the radio 702cape talk crime line initiative where she shares her knowledge and inspiring tales with young people from all walks of life. For this, she would abandon her promising filmmaking career, lose her comfortable suburban home, her husband, her two children and, in a gruelling finale to six years of remorseless selfdestruction, herself.
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Crashed will hit the print and virtual shelves in october 2015 and is the highly anticipated final part of the 3part memoir trilogy, following in the steps of her south african bestsellers smacked 2005 and hooked 2010. Melinda ferguson author visit amazons melinda ferguson page. A harrowing true story of addiction and survival kindle. Melinda ferguson is an awardwinning true love magazine journo and author of bestsellers smacked. Ferguson is known for her books smacked, hooked and crashed and published her first book in 2004.
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Melinda ferguson book penguin random house south africa. This page is automatically generated based on what facebook users are interested in, and not affiliated with or endorsed by anyone associated with the topic. Joining us is the awardwinning author and journalist, melinda ferguson who burst onto the local literary scene with her hardhitting memoir, smacked. Its south africas very own the girl monk who crashed sold her his ferrari. In my first book, smacked, i write at length smakced this time in our lives my husband was an addict as well. Hooked on heroin and crack cocaine, melinda ferguson gave up everything she cared about her children, her marriage, her career in pursuit of the next fix, the next high. Crashed by melinda ferguson overdrive rakuten overdrive. Hooked on heroin and crack cocaine, melinda ferguson gave up everything she cared about. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read smacked. Melinda ferguson smacked melinda ferguson for six years melinda ferguson was driven by one motivating force the next hit. Discover book depositorys huge selection of melinda ferguson books online. Melinda is the author of the best selling memoir smacked published in december 2005. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Smacked by melinda ferguson overdrive rakuten overdrive. Frank, thoughtprovoking and inyourface, smacked is a recently published book by a former drug addict. Melinda ferguson is the senior feature writer for true love magazine. Secrets and highs of a sober addict was published by penguin in may 2010. True story of addiction and survival kindle edition by melinda ferguson.
Bold, raw and unashamedly honest, smacked is a tale of loss and rehabilitation that takes us to the darkest corners of an addict. Twenty years clean of smack, jack and crack melinda ferguson 03. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. A recent bestseller was a book called smacked by melinda ferguson, which talks about her experience with drug addiction and how she overcame it. On 1 september 1999, melinda ferguson found herself destitute, in a deep black hole, on a. For this, she would abandon her promising filmmaking career, lose her comfortable suburban home, her husband, her two. One of the motivational speakers was melinda ferguson who had just released her memoir smacked.
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Melinda ferguson talks about overcoming addiction 15 feb. About the book for six years melinda ferguson was driven by one motivating force the next hit. Secrets and highs of a sober addict, she describes. Excellent book with great look at insides of addictive personality. By melinda ferguson new title a car crash is the most dramatic event we are likely to experience in our entire lives apart from our own deaths. Critically acclaimed, to date it has been reprinted five times and continues to fly off the shelves.
Once off drugs, ferguson became addicted to facebook where, she remarked, you forget how old you are. Hooked secrets and highs of a sober addict by melinda. In her new book melinda ferguson describes her postaddiction life. Smacked, hooked and crashed you have a talent for seriously catchy titles. Both of ferguson s highly acclaimed books have been about her own journey. Buy smacked book online at best prices in india on.
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