Reaching for Beautiful: A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child. McQuillen**

She Writes Press

Reaching for Beautiful\nby Sally McQuillen\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 6\u20137 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Sally McQuillen\nTitle: Reaching for Beautiful\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: She Writes Press\nPublication year: 2025\nISBN-13: 9781647428600\nISBN-10: 1647428602\nRRP: \u00A316.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWhen Sally learns that her twenty-one-year-old son Christopher died tragically in a boat accident, her greatest fear is realized. Christopher was often drawn to risk and struggled with addiction, and in this riveting memoir, Sally captures the wild ride of his jam-packed life and her deep love for him while also reflecting on her own childhood and family legacy of alcoholism. This book is for any parent raising a child from the.