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Books

Here are the current and upcoming books in the library.

In this third and final edition, the author expands on the journey from active addiction to long-term recovery even further to include living life on life's terms.

Lessons learned "in the rooms" are applied to everyday life as experienced by everyday people, encouraging them to, "Stop and take the shot."

"We are all recovering from something", says Chowen. "Whether is be addiction, physical or mental trauma, loss of a job or a loved one, etc., the journey to recovery is a winding but worthwhile one."

"Building a solid foundation of self while allowing others the grace to do the same makes for an easier life for all involved. My goal with this book is to demonstrate that we are all fighting something but there is hope and lots of it."

This companion piece to "The Thawing Man" book provides prompts to help you on the road to discovering hope and happiness. This guided journal is a compilation of questions, prompts and suggestions that are carefully worded to help you self-discover some of the answers you have been seeking for way too long. This journal is designed to help everyone as the desire for hope and happiness is universal to all humans.

COMING SOON!!!

You Must Be Dick’s Boy... by Derek Chowen is a deeply personal and powerfully healing journey through grief, told in the same raw, honest voice that defined The Thawing Man. In this new memoir, Derek invites readers into the heart of his relationship with his father, Dick—sharing intimate, often humorous, and sometimes heartbreaking stories that map the winding path of love, loss, and letting go. As Derek navigates the pain of saying goodbye, he offers readers companionship through their own grief, not by preaching, but by walking beside them. This is a book for anyone learning to live with loss—one step, one story, one memory at a time.

A stack of books rests on a wooden surface, the top book titled  “You Must Be Dick’s Boy…” by Derek A. Chowen, RCP; its cover features a collage of vintage photographs.

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