Memoir by adoptive father on Korean son lost to drugs

Hello, Im a writer (Graham Fuller) and the father of an adopted Korean son. I wanted to share with you our sad experience and most recent book, ғThree Truths and a Lie, a memoir about our adopted son, Luke, who sadly died at age 21, from an overdose of drugs. I realize that an adoption tale that ends sadly is not what most adoptive families are looking for, but I suggest that the book has a redemptive ending and discusses at much length issues of the process of adoption, especially interracial adoption, family adjustments, and the mysteries of the quest for identity. In addition, readers who have suffered drug problems within their own family have told me they have been moved, heartened and empowered by reading it, and in sharing their own common problems. These problems are hardly unique, as we know. The book is warm, often funny and intensely personal and honest. And yes, we would do it all over again. The jacket reads: This is the compelling tale of Luke, a Korean adoptee who comes to an American family at age one and who gradually loses his lifeԒs wayto die from crack cocaine at age 21. It is also a story of his adoptive father, a CIA officer, who offers an unsparing and vivid account of his own effortsחwise, misguided, passionate, nave, creative, ultimately unsuccessfulto save his son. Luke is warm, likeable, funny, quick to win friendsand a skilled deceiver, able to impress others with a seeming maturity and urbanity. But the image he works to create for himself is increasingly belied by the darker realities of his life and the black hole he creates around his family. The tale chronicles a poignant and tumultuous quest to grasp the meaning of Lukes lifeҗand deathagainst a broad international backdrop from Afghanistan to Latin America. It explores the mysteries of adoption, identity, addictionחand grace. A few comments from Amazon readers: Ӆtakes place in different countries whose cultures form the background and sometimes the active catalysts for the events that are unfolding. The author's sensitivity to the various cultural aspects of the tragedy add to the interest as the story unfolds. ԓthe tone is uplifting and the final chapter provides a convincing meaning for a short life that most of us would have considered őwasted. ҅ Without being explicitly religious or philosophical this book is immersed in a spirituality, a search for meaning that puts it apart from just the chronicle of an addict's life. ԓa swirl of deeply turbulent and familial events from which there is no easy way outŅ we enter the intense worlds of 80's teenage angst with Pink Floyd, Korean folklore, American frontier, Mexican backcountry and a raging Kabul. But then the worlds of the prodigal Son and the forgiving Father sweep us into a deeper examination of our own worst addictions and our own best selves. ԓa haunting 'eye-witness' account, beautifully written by a writer who has the skills to articulate his experiences and to give encouragement, perhaps even comfort, to others in similar circumstances.Ŕ Ӆa beautiful book, a journey of the heart and a tribute to a lost boyŔ Feedback on these sad human experiences is welcome. Graham Fuller