"Raw and funny." -- Joel Stein, Time
Magazine columnist, Jan. 11, 2011
"Like a maelstrom." -- Gary Klinga, ForeWord Review, Oct. 5, 2010
"So absolutely over the top that it makes readers laugh out loud and thank God it is not them." -- Robin Martin, San Francisco Book Review, March 2011
"Malcolm in the Middle meets Cops." -- Jenny Mounfield, The Compulsive Reader, Sept. 2010
"Open and honest." -- Charline Ratcliff, Rebecca's Reads, Oct. 20, 2010
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Your book (your story) and your attitude are amazing. I could not put the book down. Riveting, heart breaking and funny all in one. Thank you, Dina! You are an extraordinary writer.
Everything I Never Wanted to Be: a memoir of alcoholism and addiction, faith and family, hope and humor