G. Michael Sanborn’s Book “An Alcoholic’s Collateral Damage” Receives Great Reviews from Critics

“An Alcoholic’s Collateral Damage” is a book accounting for G. Michael Sanborn’s life as he and his siblings endured the loving hands of their alcoholic mother. Sanborn was born to a middle-class family in the 1950s. When their father left their household, they started living in poverty as their mother’s alcoholism overpowered her and affected him and his siblings.

The book is divided into sections that feature different stages in the author’s life, including the struggles and successes he experienced in life. The author aims to help others similarly harmed to validate what happened to them and begin to understand their feelings.

BlueInk Review stated that the “material is rich.” The book reviewing body also said that the book is “sure to strike a familiar chord.”

Mari Carlson of Foreword Reviews mentioned that Sanborn’s open-ended questions – I hated my mother. I loved my mother. How can two strong and opposing emotions exist simultaneously? – can vivify a book that often feels distant. She summarized the book as “about surviving childhood challenges to pursue education and personal fulfillment.”

Kirkus Reviews stated that the book is an “unflinchingly honest account of growing up in a domestic chaos.” The reviewing body also mentioned that the memoir is “raw throughout” and “the rawness packs a punch.”

Readers can get a copy of G. Michael Sanborn’s “An Alcoholic’s Collateral Damage” on ReadersMagnet Bookstore, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. Visit www.authorgmichaelsanborn.com to learn more about the author and his other works.

“An Alcoholic’s Collateral Damage”
Author: G. Michael Sanborn
Publisher: ReadersMagnet, LLC
Published date: July 20, 2021
Genre: Biography

Author’s Biography:

George Michael ‘Mike’ Sanborn was born into a classic 1950s family with a working father and a stay-at-home mother. His family soon descended into alcoholism, domestic violence, divorce, and poverty. Motivated to prove his family wrong, he graduated from Saint Michael’s College. Mike enlisted in the army and then went on to earn two master’s degrees. He shares his education and experiences, hoping to assist others.

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