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Mayhem: A Memoir

A Sunday Times Book of the Year`Riveting, clear-sighted and exceptionally articulate… Her literary and psychoanalytic fluency gives the book an impact that feels arrestingly honest… Heartbreaking` Daily Telegraph `An unsparing account of a family destroyed by drugs. Unique and haunting` Sunday Times`What gives this book its astonishing power is not the guilt, but the intelligence and literary skill` Guardian`I write, knowing that writing at all may be seen as a betrayal of family; a shaming, exploitative act. Anyone reading this who thinks so, please know that I thought it before you`For years Sigrid Rausing watched helplessly as her brother Hans and his wife Eva succumbed to drug addiction. It afflicted a terrible toll on their family, culminating in Eva`s tragic early death. As this death led to inquest and media circus, the world looked on in horror, but few understood the suffering endured by the Rausing family.In Mayhem, Sigrid explores the collateral damage addiction wreaks on loved ones. Telling her family`s story, she examines painful and rarely discussed questions. What is it like to live with addiction in the family? How can you help without hurting the one you love? And what does it mean to survive another`s addiction?

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