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Raising the Shades

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By Doug Wilhelm
Publisher Farrar, Straus Giroux - (Farrar, Straus Giroux (BYR))
Raising the Shades
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Casey needs a way out of the dark Ever since his mother fled the scene, thirteenyearold Casey has taken over her role cooking, cleaning, and looking after his father when hes sick. In denial about his fathers secret drinking and drug problem, Casey is increasingly isolated, angry, and overwhelmed. But Dads addiction isnt as secret as Casey thinks, as he learns when his aunt announces that an intervention is in the works. Casey is conflicted. He wants to help save his father, the person he loves most in the world, but he doesnt want to betray him. In this powerful novel, Doug Wilhelm shows how denial can cut both ways, as Casey stops overriding his own feelings and discovers his own way toward confronting his father directly, facetoface, for the first time.

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34221 words34,221 words
192 pages192 pages
Lexile 470LLexile 470L
Published 2001Published 2001

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9780374361785

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