Nineteen

Fans of Fourteen: A Daughter's Memoir of Adventure, Sailing and Survival will enjoy this sequel. In the mid-1970s, Nack's family returned from sailing to French Polynesia and began the integration process into American life again, which included being tossed back and forth between an alcoholic, mentally ill mother, and an abusive, overbearing father.

In an effort to find love and acceptance, Nack chases a myth that throws her into the path of nefarious older men, where she eventually falls into drug and alcohol addiction. When her father dies in his own plane in Mexico, his abuse lingers in her psyche, and she spirals out of control. Her only solace is her next fix. Somehow, she finds the grace, despite her abjectly dysfunctional family background, to believe in her worth, which leads her to sobriety and recovery.