Night Navigation

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9780547393902

<DIV><B>A mother and her adult, drug-addicted son struggle for redemption and recovery in this &ldquo;dark debut&rdquo; novel that &ldquo;has the power to lift and inspire&rdquo; (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>).</B><BR /><BR /><I>Night Navigation</I> opens on a freezing-rain night in upstate New York: the kindling gone, the fire in the woodstove out. Retired high-school art teacher Del Merrick&rsquo;s thirty-seven-year-old manic-depressive son, Mark, needs a ride, but she&rsquo;s afraid to make the long drive north to the only detox that has a bed.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Through each of the four seasons, <I>Night Navigation</I> takes readers into the deranged, darkly humorous world of the addict&mdash;from break-your-arm dealers, to boot-camp rehabs, to Rumi-quoting NA sponsors. Mark can&rsquo;t find a way to live in this world; Del can&rsquo;t stop trying to rescue him. And yet, during this long year&rsquo;s night, through relapse and despair, Mark and Del see flare-ups of hope as they fitfully, painfully try to steer toward the light.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Told in the alternating voices of an addict and his mother, this &ldquo;harrowing&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. cathartic&rdquo; novel adds new depths to our understanding and literature of parents and their troubled children (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</DIV>