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Mayhem | Sigrid Rausing
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A searingly powerful memoir about the impact of addiction on a family. In the summer of 2012 a woman named Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines. Now, writing with singular clarity and restraint, Hans' sister, the editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing, tries to make sense of what happened. In Mayhem, she asks the difficult questions those close to the world of addiction must face. "Who can help the addict, consumed by a shaming hunger, a need beyond control? There is no medicine: the drugs are the medicine. And who can help their families, so implicated in the self-destruction of the addict? Who can help when the very notion of 'help' becomes synonymous with an exercise of power; a familial police state; an end to freedom, in the addict's mind?" An eloquent and timely attempt to understand the conundrum of addiction--and a memoir as devastating as it is riveting.
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Mayhem | Sigrid Rausing
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*Inspired by “Trainspotting,” I thought of this memoir. Sigrid Rausing‘s family is Swedish aristocracy, but her brother, Hans & his wife, Eva, were dedicated drug addicts, which led directly to Eva‘s lurid death in their (f8 million mansion. Hans has survived, and his four children thrived under the care of their aunt. I believe Ms. Rausing‘s “lust for life” is powerful—and I believe it helped all of them.

Cinfhen This sounds great #stacked 5y
RohitSawant Interesting! Stacking, too! 5y
gradcat @Cinfhen @rohit-sawant Fantastic! I truly hope you guys like it, but just know it‘s rather sad at times. It‘s really a tragic story... 5y
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