Take the Long Way Home: Memoirs of a Survivor
- ISBN-10
- 0062505505
- ISBN-13
- 9780062505507
- Series
- Take the Long Way Home
- Category
- Animal communication
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Author
- Susan Gordon Lydon
Description
A former heroin addict describes writing for The New York Times, her role in the founding of Rolling Stone, how her twenty-five-year addiction alienated her from family, friends, and her talent, and her difficult recovery. 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.
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