173 - The Devastating Impact of Addiction on Families with Patricia Roos
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Show Notes
Patricia Roos was a professor of sociology at Rutgers University when in 2015 her 25-year-old son Alex died from a heroin overdose. Her training as a sociologist led her on a quest to better understand what happened to her family. Building on her professional and academic perspectives, she wrote a sociological memoir, Surviving Alex: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction, published in May 2024 by Rutgers University Press.
Web page: patroos.com (https://www.patroos.com/)
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New book: Surviving Alex: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Addiction Published May 17, 2024