I Never Saw the Sun Rise: The Private Diary of a Fifteen-Year-Old Recovering from Drugs and Alcohol [Joan Donlan]

[Outsider] [Drug lit] [Teenage Nightmare]

I Never Saw the Sun Rise: The Private Diary of a Fifteen-Year-Old Recovering from Drugs and Alcohol

Joan Donlan

Compcare, Minneapolis, 1977. First Edition, Sixth Printing. Octavo.

Some creasing to the front cover, a bit of glue residue on the rear, otherwise fine condition.

This is the kind of weird book I love to put in front of folks. Here we follow the journey of a teenage girl into the pits of drug and alcohol addiction, and her recovery after bottoming out. What really makes this one special are the illustrations; intense, bizarre, and oppressive imagery reigns as she begins to lose control of her life. For fans of “transgressive lit” I highly recommend going to the source occasionally. Eerie, sad, with an ultimately uplifting message, there is a deep well of inspiration to draw from here.