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Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Addiction

Jonathan Tepper

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Description:Shooting Up chronicles Tepper’s childhood growing up in Madrid’s San Blas neighborhood, where his missionary parents founded a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation center during the height of Spain’s heroin epidemic. It is a tale of addiction, recovery, and loss seen through the eyes of an American boy navigating between his family’s dedication to helping others and the harsh realities of AIDS during a time of needle sharing. With lyrical prose and sharp-eyed honesty, he delivers an exceptionally powerful story of love and compassion. Shooting Up is a quietly devastating coming-of-age memoir that is as unsettling as it is unforgettable—a haunting exploration of belief, belonging, and the costs of sacrifice.ADVANCE PRAISE"Shooting Up is an extraordinary memoir of a unique childhood among heroin addicts during the AIDS epidemic, but it a universal story of love and loss that is powerfully moving. At a time when society is so deeply divided -- and faith is a wedge that is often used -- it is refreshing to read a missionary kid's true story of compassion and empathy for the outcasts. The book is also a tale filled with grace and humor in life's darkest moments." -- George Stephanopoulos, political commentator and Good Morning America and ABC Sunday News anchor “Shooting Up is an astonishing work that opens your eyes—and your heart—to a whole new world, one that is as beautiful and inspiring as it is gritty and harrowing. Jonathan Tepper is an extraordinarily gifted writer who has somehow managed to write a memoir that is at once heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and joyous.”— Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and The Golden Gate“In stark, often heart-rending prose, Jonathan tells the story of growing up with his three brothers and missionary parents in San Blas a drug overrun neighborhood of Madrid. It is a tale of tragedy and triumph in the midst of loss and death. Ultimately, Shooting Up is a powerful testament to the redemptive power of faith, friendship, and love. I couldn’t recommend it more highly; I cried, I laughed, I was changed.”– Tom Webber, author of Flying Over 96th Street: Memoir of an East Harlem White Boy“Jonathan Tepper’s gut-wrenching, inspiring memoir Shooting Up immerses you so deeply in its characters that you feel as if you’re living—and suffering—alongside them. Set amid the ravages of the AIDS epidemic in Madrid, this gorgeously crafted coming-of-age story is both luminous and profoundly humane. An unforgettable read that’s impossible to put down.”— Joseph Luzzi, author of My Two Italies and In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love“Shooting Up recounts a young man’s coming of age in the unlikeliest of places, and finds joy, wisdom, and humour in the darkest of moments. Reading this book made me think anew about grace, and gratitude, and the hard roads that take us there. ” — Daniel Swift, author of Bomber County and The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound“I too grew up as a home-schooled ‘missionary kid’ so I ‘get’ Jonathan Tepper’s brilliant memoir Shooting Up. Tepper’s story about addiction, AIDS and his parents’ work with addicts in Spain in the 1990s is a one-off insanely entertaining and wild account. In fact it’s the most riveting memoir I’ve ever read. Who else recalls his childhood with lines like these? — ‘As a graduation gift, my father took me to see drug rehabs. It was what we did as a family.'”— Frank Schaeffer, author of Crazy for GodWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Addiction. To get started finding Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Addiction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 483

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Infinite Books

Release: 2025

ISBN: 1964378133

Description: Shooting Up chronicles Tepper’s childhood growing up in Madrid’s San Blas neighborhood, where his missionary parents founded a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation center during the height of Spain’s heroin epidemic. It is a tale of addiction, recovery, and loss seen through the eyes of an American boy navigating between his family’s dedication to helping others and the harsh realities of AIDS during a time of needle sharing. With lyrical prose and sharp-eyed honesty, he delivers an exceptionally powerful story of love and compassion. Shooting Up is a quietly devastating coming-of-age memoir that is as unsettling as it is unforgettable—a haunting exploration of belief, belonging, and the costs of sacrifice.ADVANCE PRAISE"Shooting Up is an extraordinary memoir of a unique childhood among heroin addicts during the AIDS epidemic, but it a universal story of love and loss that is powerfully moving. At a time when society is so deeply divided -- and faith is a wedge that is often used -- it is refreshing to read a missionary kid's true story of compassion and empathy for the outcasts. The book is also a tale filled with grace and humor in life's darkest moments." -- George Stephanopoulos, political commentator and Good Morning America and ABC Sunday News anchor “Shooting Up is an astonishing work that opens your eyes—and your heart—to a whole new world, one that is as beautiful and inspiring as it is gritty and harrowing. Jonathan Tepper is an extraordinarily gifted writer who has somehow managed to write a memoir that is at once heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and joyous.”— Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and The Golden Gate“In stark, often heart-rending prose, Jonathan tells the story of growing up with his three brothers and missionary parents in San Blas a drug overrun neighborhood of Madrid. It is a tale of tragedy and triumph in the midst of loss and death. Ultimately, Shooting Up is a powerful testament to the redemptive power of faith, friendship, and love. I couldn’t recommend it more highly; I cried, I laughed, I was changed.”– Tom Webber, author of Flying Over 96th Street: Memoir of an East Harlem White Boy“Jonathan Tepper’s gut-wrenching, inspiring memoir Shooting Up immerses you so deeply in its characters that you feel as if you’re living—and suffering—alongside them. Set amid the ravages of the AIDS epidemic in Madrid, this gorgeously crafted coming-of-age story is both luminous and profoundly humane. An unforgettable read that’s impossible to put down.”— Joseph Luzzi, author of My Two Italies and In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love“Shooting Up recounts a young man’s coming of age in the unlikeliest of places, and finds joy, wisdom, and humour in the darkest of moments. Reading this book made me think anew about grace, and gratitude, and the hard roads that take us there. ” — Daniel Swift, author of Bomber County and The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound“I too grew up as a home-schooled ‘missionary kid’ so I ‘get’ Jonathan Tepper’s brilliant memoir Shooting Up. Tepper’s story about addiction, AIDS and his parents’ work with addicts in Spain in the 1990s is a one-off insanely entertaining and wild account. In fact it’s the most riveting memoir I’ve ever read. Who else recalls his childhood with lines like these? — ‘As a graduation gift, my father took me to see drug rehabs. It was what we did as a family.'”— Frank Schaeffer, author of Crazy for GodWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Addiction. To get started finding Shooting Up: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Addiction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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