D’Anne Burwell’s smart, athletic son—raised in a loving and prosperous home—begins abusing OxyContin as a teenager, and within a year drops out of college, walks out of rehab, and lands homeless on the streets of Boulder. Struggling with fear, guilt, and a desperate need to protect her son, D’Anne grapples with her husband’s anger and her daughter’s depression as the family disease of addiction impacts them all. She discovers the terrifying links between prescription-drug abuse and skyrocketing heroin use. And she comes to understand that to save her child she must step back and allow him to fight for his own soul. SAVING JAKE gives voice to the devastation shared by the families of addicts, and provides vital hope. Above all, it is a powerful personal story of love and redemption. "Without cleverness or false pride, Burwell, a suburban mother of a struggling son, writes the brutal truth about addiction... Setbacks and relapses cannot dampen our cheering for this mother and family in this potent personal tale of devotion and commitment and an impassioned plea for a national dialogue on a pressing health crisis." - Publishers Weekly "Burwell highlights the extraordinary power of opioid addiction over human behavior... This quietly powerful book will stay with you for a long time." - Keith Humphreys, Washington Monthly "Burwell's story of her family's harrowing journey comes at a fortuitous time, [when] the skyrocketing abuse of prescription drugs and heroin is forcing everyone from health care leaders to presidential candidates to reassess our decades-long war on drugs." - San Jose Mercury News "... The best book since [David Sheff's] Beautiful Boy on the real-life experience of parenting a kid with substance use disorder. It is harrowing but ultimately uplifting..." - Ann Herbst, Young People in Recovery "Powerful and insightful... an important and necessary addition to our society's conversation about addiction and the efforts to defeat it." - The US Review of Books "A brave and powerful memoir... Rooting for Jake on every page, we come to share in his struggle and in his family's hope for recovery." - Katrina Kenison, author of The Gift of an Ordinary Day  "Too much shame and silence surround addiction. Burwell's terrific memoir will move dialogue forward on one of the top health problems of our time." - Greg Williams, filmmaker, The Anonymous People and Generation Found , and cofounder of Facing Addiction. "Beautifully written, exquisitely detailed, this book chronicles the long and often tortuous journey to recovery for both addicted individuals and all those who love and care for them. If your child is 'struggling,' you will find comfort in the pages of this book, knowing you are not alone." - Katherine Ketcham, co-author of Broken and Teens Under the Influence "Fantastic book and great cover!" - USA Book News D'ANNE BURWELL holds a Master's degree in education and advocates for families of addicts through radio commentaries, parent mentoring, organizing community events, and national speaking engagements. She lives with her husband in Silicon Valley.