Drake On The Same Page/The Lost Years

The Drake Fund, Sir Francis Drake High School’s academic foundation, is pleased to present  our third annual Drake On The Same Page evening.

This year’s selection ,  The Lost Years,  by local authors Kristina Wandzilak and Constance Curry, is a book that chronicles the success story of one young woman  battling addictions to alcohol and drugs. Kristina and her mother, Constance wrote this moving book and continue to work to prevent other young people from becoming addicted and to help those who already have.

Kristina, a frequent guest on national television programs, runs Full Circle Interventions in Mill Valley and is a host of Addicted on TLC.

Please join us at Drake on Tuesday, March 8.

Small group discussions about The Lost Years are from 6:00-7:00pm,

Book Signing and Refreshments 7:00-7:30

Authors’ Presentation begins at 7:30 pm

Drake Student Center.

ALL are welcome to borrow

The Lost Years from Drake Library

For more information about the book, read on.

For  information about Drake On The Same Page, visit www.dhs.org and click On The Same Page.

"The Lost Years is one of the most important books on family addiction and recovery that I have come across in years. It allows the readers a rare, simultaneous look into the hearts and minds of both the co-dependent and the addict. Kristina and her mother take us through the suffering, turmoil and destruction of addiction right on through to forgiveness, reconciliation and redemption. This book is invaluable to families, and I am proud to recommend The Lost Years." -- John Bradshaw, best-selling author of Healing the Shame That Binds You and Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child, and one of the leading authorities on co-dependency and family recovery

"This is the most important book I have read this year. I couldn't put it down." -- Anne Lamott, best-selling author of Grace (Eventually), Operating Instructions, Bird by Bird, Traveling Mercies, Rosie, All New People, and Blue Shoe

This is a powerful and amazing book. I could not put it down. -- Michael Pritchard, PBS host and child advocate

This is the most extraordinary memoir I have ever read. -- Stephanie Brown, Ph.D., psychologist and author