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    What's Wrong With My Family?: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home
    What's Wrong With My Family?: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home
    What's Wrong With My Family?: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home
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    What's Wrong With My Family?: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home

    By Magdaline DeSousa

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    When I first started writing this book, I envisioned myself as the audience. Magda, at various ages between 11 and 18, growing up in an alcoholic home-not knowing what it was, what was wrong, or what to do. I felt like I was dying inside.


    After I finished this book, I now believe it is for anyone who is struggling with the fami

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMH Solutions LLC
    Release dateDec 7, 2021
    ISBN9781950306268
    What's Wrong With My Family?: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Home
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    Magdaline DeSousa

    Magdaline DeSousa is a self-help, young adult, and children's book author. This book is the first in a series that will feature Chloe asking her mother about various life situations. She is also the author of The Forgotten Mourners: Sibling Survivors of Suicide, which she published in honor of her brother, John. Magdaline lives with her family in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. She can be reached via email at magdaline.desousa@gmail.com.

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