If Only You People Could Follow Directions by Jessica Hendry NelsonCall Number: INSights 362.3 N4273
Publication Date: 2013
The book begins with Nelson's childhood in the suburbs of Philadelphia and chronicles her father's addiction and death, her brother's battle with drugs and mental illness, her own efforts to find and maintain stability, and her mother's exquisite power, grief, and self-destruction in the face of such a complicated family dynamic.