Incorrigible: A Coming-of-Age Memoir of Loss, Addiction & Incarceration

Product Description

In her debut memoir, MOTHER LOAD, Wendy Adamson shared her story of landing in county jail after shooting her husband’s mistress and ultimately finding freedom from addiction. Her latest book, INCORRIGIBLE, acts as a prequel, taking us back to growing up with a mom who was a regular in the state mental hospital, only to find herself institutionalized there as a teen.

Adamson’s memoir recounts a girl’s spiral of self-destruction in the throes of unspoken grief after her mother’s suicide. Depressed and constantly at odds with an overwhelmed father, she runs away until she’s arrested by the police. At fourteen years old she finds herself plucked from a privileged life and forced to navigate the criminal justice system of probation officers, juvenile halls and foster homes.

Incorrigible is a raw, gripping, coming-of-age story of teenage struggle with familial dysfunction, addiction, and incarceration, until finally, against nearly insurmountable odds, the author survives, later finding empowering new purpose in her life.

Review

“Wendy Adamson pulls no punches in her new memoir ‘Incorrigible’. She takes us through the teenage angst and self-destruction that ensues after her mother’s suicide, landing her in psych wards, juvenile halls and foster homes. Goodbye–Privilege; hello-Criminal Justice System. Snappy dialogue, striking descriptions and heartbreaking candor create a difficult but fascinating journey” 

–Amy Dresner, “My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean”.

 
“Adamson’s memoir, 
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INCORRIGIBLE”, is written with the clarity and self-awareness of a life, hard lived, and somehow, miraculously survived. A descriptive narrative that viscerally drops you into the lion’s den of desperate confusion, childhood trauma and overwhelming grief. Wendy has lived an awe-inspiring life that is necessary for all to comprehend, seemingly now more than ever.”

 ~Todd Newman Writer/Director “MOURNING SON”

“Gripping, poignant, heart breaking and hopeful. It’s one of those truth is stranger than fiction stories that could really only be told by the person who lived it. INCORRIGIBLE is thrilling expose into a life most of us can’t imagine that also introduces a captivating character you will be sad to part with when you finish.”      
Jim Hecht Screenwriter

“INCORRIGIBLE is highly recommended on so many levels. Buckle your safety belt as you read this marvelous story and get ready to go on the ride of a lifetime.”

Gerald Chamales, Producer of Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN