His Bright Light
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0552164194 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 385 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
There is tension in this story--one doctor told Steel if she could get Nick to live to 30, he'd probably live a normal life span. His mom, Danielle Steel, takes us through her 19 twister-like years with Nick in a memoir more affecting than her potboiler novels. He first considered suicide at 13, as Steel learned by reading his diaries after his death. --Tim Appelo. Steel gives us a vivid sense of the costs of the disease to a family--and of the person who was Nick Traina. Like his AWOL addict father, Nick had good looks, bad behavior, and a yen for the feminine. (For example, Nick's troubled dad resurfaced, sober, soon after his son's death.) And Steel conveys a sense of the intelligence Nick used to conceal his learning disability, and the irreverent charm that alternated with irrational rages. At age 11, he was a bed wetter who ate all the Tylenol and Sudafed in the house. Like Kurt Cobain, Nick Traina lived for punk rock (his bands made two CDs, Gift
And at first, even his mother explained away his quicksilver moods. He spoke in full sentences at age one. He was a brilliant, charming child who never slept. Nick always marched to a different drummer. "This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. Signs of his illness were subtle, often paradoxical. Sharing tender, painful memories and Nick's remarkable journals, Steel brings us a haunting duet between a singular young man and the mother who loved him--and a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression, which afflicts between two and three million Americans.Nick rocketed through life like a shooting star. His gift for writing was extraordinary, his musical talent promised a golden future. He bared his soul in his journal with uncanny insight, in searing prose, poetry, and song. This is Danielle Steel's powerful personal story of the son she lost and the lessons she learne
A Touching Tribute I am 1A Touching Tribute eriniverson@yahoo.com I am 14 years old and just finished this story. It's always sad when someone loses their life, especially if they are young and seem to have a bright future ahead of them. Danielle Steel did a wonderful job telling the harrowing tale of her baby boy. (If you read some of the oth. years old and just finished this story. It's always sad when someone loses their life, especially if they are young and seem to have a bright future ahead of them. Danielle Steel did a wonderful job telling the harrowing tale of her baby boy. (If you read some of the oth. ohwhatever said Natsukashii. Normally Amazon recommendations irritate the Hades out of me, but in this one instance, my interest in sailing, my annoyance at Danielle Steel's novel Miracle, and process of post-humous publication combined and encouraged me to read this book. I know some people poo-poo this bo. Depressing Dizzy I am a great fan. This book was not one of them. I admire you for putting up with so much of Nick. He consumed your life and as you said throughout the book and didn't spend enough time with your other children. I was almost relieved for you when he died as you were able to spen