Triumphs and tragedies
Subtitle: a true story of wealth and addiction
By: the life of Karl B. McMillen, Jr. as told to Bill Hayes and Jennifer Thomas
Contributors: Hayes, Bill; Thomas, Jennifer, editor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Final Word Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Redondo Beach, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780988412620
Subjects: Parents of drug addicts; Biography; Drug addicts; Family relationships
Table of contents: title: A bicycle & a backyard workshop; title: Mining for experience up on the hill; title: You just can't put numbers to philosophy and romance; title: Hydronic harmony & steaming stress; title: Ole! We're on our way!; title: Windows with a million-dollar view; title: A man with two families; title: Bars on the million-dollar windows; title: You can run; title: Heroin : the Kalani & the convict; title: Deal or no deal; title: Locking the door on the sand castle; title: What kind of enemy is this?; title: Were his therapist, attorney, and public defender people we could count on?; title: Thoroughbreds in the mud; title: A general and a martyr; title: "I hope you're not still upset about the guns, credit cards, or the three grand I blew"; title: The people of the State of California vs. Chris Alan McMillen; title: The high-bottom drunk; title: All that is left; title: No heir to the throne; title: Marriage, McMillen-style; title: Hana Hou! One more time around!; title: "Stay clean and your life will be set. Choose drugs, you are on your own."; title: Unyoking another type of thoroughbred; title: Numbers do not change lives; title: Epilogue; title: Afterword : What's a parent to do?; title: The McMillen Family Foundation.