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Leaving dirty jersey a crystal meth memoir james salant. In its first pages, this disturbing memoir sees upper middleclass new jersey 18yearold salant plopped in a california drug recovery center by his parents, where. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read leaving dirty jersey. A crystal meth memoir by james salant 342pp, ebury. Feb 29, 2012 leaving dirty jersey is the compellingly crafted tale of james salant s descent into crystal meth addiction. Written at the age of only twentytwo, this memoir chronicles his yearlong addiction with complete honesty and heartbreaking candour.

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A crystal meth memoir, tracks his descent from uppermiddleclass suburbanite in princeton, new jersey, to petty street criminal and methamphetamine addict on the streets of california. Brought up in a stable, middleclass family, the second son of two therapists, he was introduced to heroin at seventeen by his. Leaving dirty jersey by james salant with his nickname, dirty jersey, tattooed on the inside of his left forearm. A crystal meth memoir, which can be purchased at a lower price at thriftbooks. James salant is an eighteen year old tough guy from jersey, addicted to drugs and his tough guy lifestyle. At the age of eighteen, after one too many runins with the cops. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. At the age of eighteen, after one too many runins with the cops for drug possession, he left his uppermiddleclass home in princeton, new jersey, for a stint at. Outkast, timbaland and how hip hop became a southern thing, by roni sarig da capo. At 18, after one too many runins with the cops for drug possession, he left his uppermiddleclass home in princeton, new jersey, for a rehab facility in riverside, california. James salant s autobiography, leaving dirty jersey. Publishers weekly if prose were a mindaltering substance, james salant would be your neighbourhood pusher. Salant was the author of the critically acclaimed 2007 book leaving dirty jersey. The memoir opens with salant describing the relatively comfortable upbringing his therapist parents provided him and his older brother.

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