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One good reason : a memoir of addiction and recovery, music and love / Sean McCann, with Andrea Aragon.

by McCann, Séan, 1967-

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Nimbus Publishing Limited, 2020.

781.64092 M478o

McCann, Sean 1967-

Aragon, Andrea.

Great Big Sea (Musical group)

Musicians -- Canada -- Biography.

Musicians -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.

Recovering alcoholics -- Biography.

Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Biography.

9781771088220 (hc.)

223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"In this deeply personal memoir, co-written with wife Andrea Aragon, singer-songwriter and renowned mental health, addiction, and recovery advocate Séan McCann leaves no stone unturned. Detailing, in powerful and lyrical prose, a childhood in Newfoundland indoctrinated in strict Catholic faith, the creation of the wildly successful Great Big Sea, his courtship and early marriage with Aragon, and the battle with alcoholism that nearly cost him everything. McCann offers readers a love story, a memoir of addiction and recovery, of young love and a strained marriage, of reaching international fame and rock bottom. But most of all, an honest, raw, and inspiring tribute to embracing that we are all worth saving. At the heart of this insightful coming-of-recovery is McCann's exploration of the root cause of his alcoholism, a secret he kept until 2014 when he came out as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Aragon's parallel narrative offers a rare and intimate spousal perspective, making the memoir a nuanced and complex portrait of the effects of addiction on family. Featuring lyrics from McCann's celebrated solo career, One Good Reason is a rallying cry for holding on to the ones you love, helping yourself, and turning music into medicine."--Jacket.

Autobiographies.

Aragon, Andrea.

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