High Achiever High Achiever

High Achiever

The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life

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Publisher Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An up-close portrait of the mind of an addict and a life unraveled by narcotics—a memoir of captivating urgency and surprising humor that puts a human face on the opioid crisis.
 
“Raw, brutal, and shocking. Move over, Orange Is the New Black.”—Amy Dresner, author of My Fair Junkie

When word got out that Tiffany Jenkins was withdrawing from opiates on the floor of a jail cell, people in her town were shocked. Not because of the twenty felonies she’d committed, or the nature of her crimes, or even that she’d been captain of the high school cheerleading squad just a few years earlier, but because her boyfriend was a Deputy Sherriff, and his friends—their friends—were the ones who’d arrested her.
 
A raw and twisty page-turning memoir that reads like fiction, High Achiever spans Tiffany’s life as an active opioid addict, her 120 days in a Florida jail where every officer despised what she’d done to their brother in blue, and her eventual recovery. With heart-racing urgency and unflinching honesty, Jenkins takes you inside the grips of addiction and the desperate decisions it breeds. She is a born storyteller who lived an incredible story, from blackmail by an ex-boyfriend to a soul-shattering deal with a drug dealer, and her telling brims with suspense and unexpected wit. But the true surprise is her path to recovery. Tiffany breaks through the stigma and silence to offer hope and inspiration to anyone battling the disease—whether it’s a loved one or themselves.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2019
June 18
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Harmony/Rodale
SELLER
Penguin Random House Canada
SIZE
2.5
MB

Customer Reviews

KylieAngel22 ,

Page Turner

This book had me from the very beginning to the end. Not a dull moment.

Spiderman901 ,

A must read!!

Amazing book!!! That’s the fastest I have ever read a book did it in two sittings and only owned it for just over 24 hours!!! Definitely shed a few tears at the end!! <3

ktc2405 ,

Amazingly raw!

I have followed Tiffany on Facebook for over a year and decided since I had some time I could finally sit down and read her book. It was so real and raw! I couldn’t put it down! I recommend it to everyone!

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