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3) Heavy
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well as similar issues that run throughout his family. Through self-exploration, storytelling, and honest conversation with family and friends, Heavy seeks to bring what has been hidden into the light and to reckon with all of its myriad sources, from the most...
Author
Publisher
Central Recovery Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Wexler's gripping narrative leads us through the dungeon of a compulsive gambler's world--chasing the big win and coming up with empty pockets--and how his addiction drove him and his wife, Sheila, to the edge of life. With help, they managed to escape, and together they have devoted themselves to helping others with the problem they know so well."--Page [4] of cover.
5) Titans
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Astrid Sullivan belongs to a family of compulsive gamblers, and now that her father has been laid off from his job in Detroit and lost all their money betting on the Titans, which are half-horse, half car, and race around impossible tracks, her family is falling apart--but when Astrid's new friends give her the chance to participate in this year's Titan races, she thinks she sees a way to win some money and keep her family together....
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"After embezzling funds to support his gambling addiction, an unscrupulous white banker in Minnesota is blackmailed by his boss into sabotaging the creation of a competing, Native American-owned bank. As the banker befriends the people he's trying to frame, he struggles to escape from his past and do the right thing" --
Author
Series
Leo Desroches mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Appointed an Aboriginal Issues reporter because of his half-Chee heritage, Leo Desroches struggles with a gambling addiction that threatens his family and career while covering the murder of a young native prostitute and triggering a violent chain of events.
8) Rounders
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
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