Rolling Away

This all started as a choice, my choice, but now I was slave to it.  Every time I swallowed a pill I was tricking myself into seeing and feeling what was not there.  But I could only trick myself for so long...

Lynn Smith never wanted to be an addict.  A popular straight-A student from small-town Pennsylvania, she moved to New York City to pursue her dream of acting.  In the city, she came in contact with new people, new ideas, and a completely new way of life--a way that exposed her to drugs.  She tried pot, acid, and cocaine, but it was the "love drug" Ecstasy that won her heart.  Rolling Away is the story of Lynn's frenzied flight into addiction and her long struggle to come back down to earth.  At once harrowing and inspiring, Rolling Away is a triumphant narrative about sex, drugs, and rock-bottom survival--and how a second chance can save your live.

"Riveting." - Kirkus Reviews

"I wish that all aspiring party girls would read Rolling Away... to understand what drug abuse really is." -- Lizzie Simon, author of Detour

"Brave and unflinching." - Loung Ung, author of Lucky Child.

"Bravo to Lynn Smith for...channeling her fears and passions into thoughtful and revelatory prose." -- Jenny Lauren, author of Homesick.

"Gripping." - Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson and author of My Life as a Ten-Year-Old Boy.