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The Lost Chapters
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đ The Lost Chapters: Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time
Author: Leslie Schwartz
About the Book
In The Lost Chapters, award-winning novelist Leslie Schwartz delivers a powerful and deeply human memoir of redemption, resilience, and the healing power of stories.
In 2014, after a 414-day relapse into addiction following more than a decade of sobriety, Schwartz was sentenced to 90 days in Los Angeles County Jail for DUI and battery of an officer. She entered jail with only six months clean â facing shame, regret, and the wreckage left behind. But amid the harshness of incarceration, she found solace and renewal through the books she read and the stories shared by her fellow inmates.
From Ethan Frome to Unbroken, each title on Schwartzâs jailhouse reading list becomes a mirror of survival, transformation, and faith. Through both literature and lived experience, she learned to confront her past, reclaim her humanity, and rediscover the âlost joy and magicâ of her life.
Told in vivid, compassionate prose, The Lost Chapters explores how connection, empathy, and storytelling can restore even the most broken spirits.
What Readers Are Saying
â âCaptivating and tremendously moving⌠beautifully told.â â Shelf Awareness (starred review)
â âHeartfelt, vulnerable, and unforgettable.â â Publishers Weekly (starred review)
â âIntimate and affecting⌠sublime and even exalting.â â Jewish Journal
âA deeply affecting memoir of incarceration⌠Schwartz has produced a real life-changer of a book.â â Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander
âHonest, erudite, and infused with shock, awe, humor, and grace.â â Meghan Daum, author of The Unspeakable
âRich in grace⌠ushers us into a rethinking of transformation, shame, and shared humanity.â â Greg Boyle, author of Tattoos on the Heart
Why Youâll Love It
đ A raw and redemptive memoir about recovery, literature, and second chances
đŤ A tribute to the transformative power of books and human connection
đŹ Filled with honesty, compassion, and vivid storytelling
đď¸ Ideal for readers interested in recovery, incarceration, memoir, and healing through art
About the Author
Leslie Schwartz is the author of the novels Jumping the Green (winner of the James Jones Literary Society Award for Best First Novel) and Angels Crest. Her essays and reviews have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Poets & Writers, Teachers & Writers, and more. A former president of PEN USA and an instructor at UCLA Extension, the University of Iowa, and Homeboy Industries, Schwartz lives and writes in Los Angeles.
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