Four Seconds and From Ashes $.99

Jun 11, 2022 2:12 pm

This week Four Seconds: A Memoir by Laura Andrade (and written by me) is on sale for $.99. This book rarely goes on sale, so if it's new to you, grab it (on sale through Sunday). It is non-fiction--my friend's story about her drug use, involvement in the drug world, and eventual recovery. It's a beautiful story and you can read more about it below.

“I’m not going to try it,” I said.

“You’ll like it,” she argued.

“I know I’ll like it,” I said. “That’s why I’m not going to try it.”

“Try it just this once and I’ll never ask you to do it again.”

That WAS a deal. I slipped back into the driver’s seat while Pat corn-rowed two neat lines of the silky white powder on the back of a plastic cassette tape cover.

Fifteen hundred dollars every month, an abusive boyfriend, a molested child, a lost family, hotels for houses, a ruined leg, a gun to my head, a knife to my butt, a jail cell all my own. Black eyes, bruised days, broken hours. Looking back, it seems strange what I gave up to get my roommate off my back.

It only took four seconds.

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In her debut memoir, Andrade tells of her years with cocaine and crystal methamphetamines—using, then selling—until all she had left of the life she wanted was a chalk outline and a pack of cigarettes. This is the story of her use and recovery, of the people who frustrated and inspired her, of her decision to leave the drug world.

It is the story of her slow, often unsteady walk home.

And then, on a whim, I decided to put From Ashes up for sale too. So it's $.99 as well (on sale through Monday).

Also, this week, From Ashes is part of a fun promotion for Women's Fiction. Through June 13th, you can enter for a chance to win the ebook Gift Baskets (aka all the ebooks listed in this event) or to win select paperbacks. Click HERE if you want to enter (you'll be asked to enter your email address and it will be available to other authors for their mailing lists).