What does it take for us to put our lives on hold and begin to heal?
In the midst of a sequence of traumatic events―recovering from crystal-meth addiction, facing infertility, battling chronic fatigue, surviving breast cancer, rebuilding a relationship with her narcissistic mother only for it to fall apart again before her mother’s suicide―Clea realises she has to take a break from men.
There had been too many disasters beginning with the Adonis-like Old Etonian, Luke, who can’t stop cheating. What unites her with darkly handsome Tarquin, who follows Clea to the USA, only to rob her? Gordon, a dumpster-diving tweaker who deserts her for a porn star; Saint Peter who persuades her into rehab; sexually confused Brent; violent Conrad and self-obsessed Alfie? Why does she turn down decent Nat who is just too nice?
As Clea digs through the evidence, she exposes learned behaviours that keep her dependent.
Denial is a powerful drug and the endorphin rush of apologies, promises and make-up sex fix things over and over… until they don’t.
Rich, powerful and authentic, Some Boys I Knew takes us on a raw, insightful journey to becoming the person Clea most needs: Herself.
A vivid memoir from the writer of Tweaking the Dream.
Some Boys I Knew by Clea Myers was published on 10 April 2024 by Cinnamon Press. As part of this #RandomThingsTours Blog Tour I have one copy of the book to give away. Entry is simple, just fill out the widget in the blog post. UK entries only please.
GOOD LUCK!
One copy of Some Boys I Knew by Clea Myers
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Clea Myers was born in London and spent her peripatetic childhood in Canada, Dubai, London and the Home Counties where she attended three different boarding schools from age 9. By age 18 she was relieved to escape the rigidity of boarding school life and travelled round India, a place she still adores and visits often. Due partly to connections with extended family, and to escape her immediate family, Clea attended university in the USA, where she eventually landed at Brown. Possibly not the best fit, but she did graduate with Honors- she is still rather mystified by this- and then rather unwisely decided to move to Los Angeles.
Hollywood was where her life truly unraveled due to her commitment to a well-known devil, aka Crystal Meth. She wrote her first memoir, Tweaking the Dream: A Crystal Meth True Story to explain its' power and understand it better herself, while also sending out a clear message of awareness in the UK. Clea has been a spokeswoman for FRANK (drugs awareness charity) for many years. She is now writing the screenplay for Tweaking the Dream, with a partner based in LA.
Based now in London for many years, Clea also works as an actress & casting associate. She recently published her second book, Some Boys I Knew about her many disastrous relationships with men, and her complicated relationship with her narcissistic mother.
Having recently trained as a mental-health peer-support worker she is organizing ‘memoir-writing workshops’ within her local community in west London with MIND,OpenAge and other organisations.
Some Boys I Knew is published by Cinnamon Press, a small independent publisher in April 2024.
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