SALLY

MCQUILLEN

PSYCHOTHERAPIST | WRITER

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A luminous story of how love triumphs over pain, love transcends fear, and love never dies.

Reaching for Beautiful: A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child by Sally McQuillen

Reaching for Beautiful

A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child

When Sally’s twenty-one-year-old son died in a boat accident, her greatest fear is realized. Christopher was often drawn to risk and struggled with addiction. In this riveting memoir, Sally captures the wild ride of his jam-packed life and her deep love for him while reflecting on her own childhood and family’s legacy of alcoholism. 

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About Sally McQuillen

Sally McQuillen, LCSW, CADC, is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in addiction, grief, and trauma recovery.

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