Ep. 107: Suki Jones (Author) in conversation with Tillie Lams
Book Description
In this dark, harrowing, and gripping memoir which details a drug addiction that almost killed her, Suki Jones writes with a raw immediacy and refreshing candor about not only being dependent on drugs, but keeping that dependency a secret from her family and friends.
Set against the backdrop of the Bay Area in the early '90s, Jones balances motherhood and modeling with deft precision, but behind the scenes she was falling apart and roaming the night with punk rockers, metalheads, and sometimes even strangers, just looking for her next fix.
A ferocious memoir about broken family history, sexual abuse, and debilitating addiction, Sea, Swallow Me vividly wanders through the decade with a fiery resolve which ultimately reveals how Jones survived when she shouldn't have. Sea, Swallow Me is a powerful and redemptive tale of resilience and redemption.
Bio
Suki Jones is a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer, specializing in addiction and harm reduction. She raised two children as a single mother in Oakland and has been sober for 24 years. She has worked with the syringe access program at Glide Church SF and is a board member for the Harm Reduction Treatment Center SF. Her writing has appeared in Stereo Embers Magazine and Broke Ass Stuart. She enjoys long hikes on the beach, listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tower of Power, and everything in between. Her debut memoir, Sea, Swallow Me was published with Embers Arts Press in February 2023.
Suki Jones
https://www.instagram.com/suki_jones
Tillie Lams
https://www.instagram.com/reconnezcherie
Vintage Annals Archive
http://www.vintageannalsarchive.com/vintage-annals-archive---the-deep-dive-podcast.html
