As Good As Dead True Stories from Wasilla, Alaska..

You're a drunk. You're never going to be a good dad. You're a failure as a husband. You're worthless. Brian was stranded on the side of a mountain. The harsh winds and heavy snow threatened to take his life. Dark thoughts were closing in. Would he even survive? Angel hunched over the ivory brim, her knees pressing the floor of the restroom. I have to throw up what I just ate, she thought. I just have to. It felt nice to have a little bit of control over her life, but would it ever ease her pain? Noah could feel in his heart that something wasn't right. Literally. Years of struggling with heart trouble had tested his patience. Would he ever find a cure? Will their dark struggles turn to triumph? Will they step into the light? Find out in these six true stories from Wasilla, Alaska. Are they destined to overcome? Or are they simply ... AS GOOD AS DEAD?--Back cover