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A frank, semi-fictionalised account of an alcoholic, cocaine-addicted hooker's experiences in a residential drug rehabilitation facility in England Addicted to coke and booze and reliant on selling her body for cash, Katie, the heroine of Clare Gee's bestselling Hooked, can no longer cope with the life she's created for herself. She has messed up badly and thrown everything away. Mentally, she is an anxious wreck and physically she is in pieces. Yet she is terrified of who she will become without her vices. She has to do something, though, and her choices are get help or die. She leaves London and admits herself to a residential rehab centre for three months. In Unhooked, reformed addict Clare Gee draws on her own experiences of cocaine addiction, alcoholism and prostitution in telling a moving story of a young woman battling through hell to create a sober life for herself. There are threats of expulsion from rehab and relapses, but through dedication and honesty, Katie begins the long journey to becoming clean and finding peace of mind.

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Author:   Clare Gee
Publisher:   Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:   Mainstream Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.245kg
ISBN:  

9781845967963

ISBN 10:   1845967968
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   01 March 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Clare Gee was born in Africa in 1977 and was sent to live in Yorkshire with her English father when she was five. Aged 16, she moved to the capital, where she descended into a life of drink, drugs and prostitution. After a period of rehabilitation, she has rebuilt her life in London. She is also the author of Hooked.

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