Cost: A Novel | Roxana Robinson | A harrowing story of drug addiction...

Cost: A Novel | Roxana Robinson | Harrowing and brilliant

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Cost: A Novel

	Cost: A Novel Roxana Robinson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 23 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A harrowing story of drug addiction...

Roxanna Robinson - always a brilliant writer - takes the reader through the devastating emotional effect that heroin addiction brings to an entire family, as well as the physical effects it has on the addict. Not one member of 22- year old Jack's immediate family is spared the damage stemming from his drug addiction. Robinson bases most of the story on Jack, his divorced parents Julia and Wendell, and his older brother, Steven. But, she brings in other family members and some others outside the family, who have been pulled into the problems Jack has created by his addiction.

This is the story of a family - three generations - who have long been separated emotionally by misunderstandings. They are brought together in an attempt to deal with Jack's problems and in the process find some emotional healing with each other.

It is a great read. Robinson is unstinting in describing the family's turmoil and the book doesn't end in a wholly happy way, but it ends the way most things like this probably do end in "real life".

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Harrowing and brilliant

What begins as fascinating domestic drama erupts into a wrenching story about three generations of a family grappling with one son's addiction to heroin. Their transformation is stunningly detailed and rich in character--and the book is exquisite. It kept me up until the wee hours of the morning reading.

Cost richly deserves all the accolades it's been getting--and more.

Haunting and gorgeous

Robinson is a brilliant writer, and here, in Cost, she delves into the unthinkable: a family dealing with a son's drug addiction. Beautifully written--and at times harrowing to read because of the pitch-perfect details about addiction-- Cost is really a stunning achievement that is both literate and page-turning.

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