Tag Archives: addiction

Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust – Jerry Stahl

Posted on March 22, 2024 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Why stay in this country, listening to mere Proud Boy-esque neo-Nazis, when you could go to the source, to Poland and Germany, and experience the birthplace of actual Nazi-Nazis? How better to soak up fascist antibodies?” … Continue reading →

Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Our Best, WWII | Tagged addiction, Auschwitz, Holocaust, Nazism, tourism | Comments Off

Enjoy Me Among My Ruins – Juniper Fitzgerald

Posted on December 29, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “After a divorce and a doctorate, a global pandemic and a murder, after a smattering of death threats, a lot of books, and even more booze, I found myself offering up my past with a … Continue reading →

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The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants – Orlando Ortega-Medina

Posted on May 7, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “We were a family of emigrants, on the move from generation to generation. Forced to flee our homes because of intolerable situations imposed on us by those in power. The United States was meant to … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Modern Literary Fiction, Our Best | Tagged addiction, family, immigration, Judaism, LGBTQ, Religion, San Francisco, thrillers | Comments Off

The Underbelly (Outspoken Authors Book 3)- Gary Phillips

Posted on August 10, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) Mulgrew Magrady, an often-times homeless Viet Nam veteran is trying to get his life back on track. Though he is eight months sober, he is still suffering from his earlier impulsive actions. He abandoned responsibility for … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Noir-esque fiction | Tagged addiction, class, crime fiction, gentrification, Los Angeles, race, social justice | Comments Off

Barcelona Dreaming – Rupert Thomson

Posted on May 30, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “His discovery that I had been seeing a Moroccan immigrant half my age shocked him even more than the fact that I was implicated in my next-door neighbor’s death. He believed I was trying to destroy … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Short stories | Tagged addiction, Barcelona, class, illegal immigration, race | Comments Off

The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About: How I Let My Pornography Addiction Hurt People and Destroy Relationships – Joshua Shea

Posted on March 19, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Life can be so wonderfully posed, yet you can be struggling with the scariest demons behind closed doors and not know who to go to or how to deal with it. The Addiction Nobody Will Talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Your Best Self | Tagged addiction, pornography, self-help | Comments Off

The Flawed Ones – Jay Chirino

Posted on November 17, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) We can never be defined by our shortcomings or the conditions we live in, but we can certainly fight and believe that love always conquers all. Our hearts are not touched by our flaws, and that … Continue reading →

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The Bette Davis Club – Jane Lotter

Posted on December 21, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Fifty-something year old Margo Just seems to be running in circles; or should I say, remaining stagnant. She just can’t accept or face her past, which includes family and romantic relationships. However, Margo is finally forced … Continue reading →

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