With or Without You Domenica Ruta grew up in Danvers Massachusetts in a ramshackle rundown trash filled house with her mother a drug dealer and user who raised Domenica on a steady diet of Oxycontin Growing up Dome

Domenica Ruta grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts, in a ramshackle, rundown, trash filled house with her mother, a drug dealer and user who raised Domenica on a steady diet of Oxycontin Growing up, Domenica knew she didn t fit in she was far smarter and worse dressed than everyone else she knew, and she clearly had the most flamboyant mother of anyone in town but she foundDomenica Ruta grew up in Danvers, Massachusetts, in a ramshackle, rundown, trash filled house with her mother, a drug dealer and user who raised Domenica on a steady diet of Oxycontin Growing up, Domenica knew she didn t fit in she was far smarter and worse dressed than everyone else she knew, and she clearly had the most flamboyant mother of anyone in town but she found solace in writing and reading As she grew older, though, and as her mother s behavior grew increasingly outrageous and her home life increasingly untenable, Domenica fled Danvers only to become ensnared by the demons of addiction.A thoroughly textured and masterfully written book, layered with wildly colorful characters, a biting sense of humor, and penetrating, deeply sympathetic insights, With or Without You finally ends with Domenica s increasing awareness that she must leave the life she grew up with in order to survive.
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Domenica Ruta was born and raised in Danvers, Massachusetts She is a graduate of Oberlin College and holds an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin She was a finalist for the Keene Prize for Literature and has been awarded residencies at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, the Blue Mountain Center, Jentel, and Hedgebrook.