SAVING JAKE: When Additction Hits Home

In 2010, D’Anne Burwell never would have suspected she’d become an award-winning author, and would have done anything to avoid the turmoil leading to such recognition.

Raised in Northern California, D’Anne’s first career was as a teacher. She holds a Master’s in Education and worked for a decade in Portland, Oregon to develop and implement English in the Workplace programs at international high-tech companies.

Since marrying and moving back to the Bay Area, D’Anne’s primary career has been motherhood. Her life changed forever when her firstborn swerved onto the path of addiction, and for six tumultuous years she has submerged herself in advocating for her son and researching his disease—a wrenching doctorate by fire.

D'Anne's memoir is the winner of the 2016 Eric Hoffer Book Award in Memoir, the 2016 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award (best debut author), and the 2015 USA Best Book Award in Addiction & Recovery.