"This isn't just a story about addiction. It's a story about love that stayed-even when everything else fell apart." In The Glow Doesn't Lie, Carina Schroedel opens the door to her childhood home-and the emotional wreckage within it. Through powerful storytelling, poetic reflection, and raw journal entries, she chronicles the complex relationship between a daughter and her mother, whose life was shaped by addiction, trauma, and resilience. What begins as a child's quiet observation of chaos slowly unfolds into a woman's search for healing, boundaries, and the light that addiction could never fully extinguish. From living room dances to ICU prayers, this memoir captures the heartbreak, hope, and small miracles of loving someone who is both the wound and the warrior. Part memoir, part healing companion, The Glow Doesn't Lie is for anyone who has ever loved someone lost in addiction, grown up in instability, or held grief and gratitude in the same breath. This book is a tribute to mothers who tried, daughters who kept believing, and the quiet power of not giving up

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