Chronicles the Prohibition era in the U.S. from 1920 to 1933; and traces the rise of the Temperance movement, speakeasies, and gangsters including Pretty Boy Floyd, Lucky Luciano, and Al Capone.
Fifteen-year-old Andy, fed up with his alcoholic father and annoying older brother, leaves their northern Wisconsin cabin on his version of a walkabout, leaving his medications to combat depression, anxiety, and delusions behind.
A teenage girl struggles to accept the fact that she is an alcoholic and to overcome the problem that has turned her life into a nightmare, she needs help from Alcoholics Anonymous.
When his mother's drinking problem causes him to spend several months with country relatives in upstate Wisconsin, sixteen-year-old Carl begins to build a new life for himself, only to see it threatened by a serious mistake. ..
Describes alcoholism, alcoholic behavior, and resulting family problems. Advises children of alcoholic parents on dealing with these problems and their own feelings and suggests ways to make life more bearable and productive.
Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.
