Original Sins, Matt Rowland Hill
Original Sins, Matt Rowland Hill
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Original Sins
A Memoir

Author: Matt Rowland Hill

Narrator: Daniel Hawksford

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2022

Synopsis

“A shattering portrait of addiction—generously open, desperately honest and confronting.” —Catherine Cho, author of Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness

An electrifying debut memoir of a pastor’s son chronicling his loss of faith, his addiction to heroin and our universal quest to find something to believe in

Matt Rowland Hill had two great loves in his life: Jesus and heroin. The son of an evangelical minister, Hill grew up with an unwavering devotion to the tenets of his parents’ Baptist church. But by high school, he began to experience a crisis of faith. To fill the void, he turned to literature, and then to heroin and cocaine. By his twenties, Hill’s substance abuse escalated into a full-on addiction. As he grew increasingly suicidal, he knew he had to come to terms with both religion and drugs to survive.

Hill’s debut is an extraordinary, gorgeously crafted memoir of faith, family, loss, shame and addiction. But ultimately, Original Sins is a raw portrait of survival—of growing up and learning how to live.

About Matt Rowland Hill

Matt Rowland Hill was born in 1984 in Pontypridd, South Wales, and grew up in Wales and England. His writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Independent, New Statesman, the Telegraph and other outlets. He now lives in London. Original Sins is his first book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin

OK, OK - it's me. But if you can't give yourself five stars, who else will, eh?! Seriously, I hope you enjoy it. This novel was my lockdown baby, and a tough one to write, but it was great to be back with Riley Fisher in Iowa. This one doesn't have quite so many cornfields (promise!), but it's anothe......more

Goodreads review by Mallory

This is book 2 in the Riley Fisher series, but it works well as a standalone. I listened to about half of this one on audiobook and then finished with the physical copy as my patience was running out as the story really got going. The narrator did a good job bringing the story to life. Riley Fisher......more

Goodreads review by Mary

4.25/5 Original Sins by Erin Young is the second book in the Riley Fisher series, and though I couldn't really remember what happened in the first book, it didn't seem necessary to read this installment. Riley, as usual, throws herself into some majorly dangerous situations but manages to come out on......more

Goodreads review by Kori

Let me first start out by saying that as soon as I concluded this book, I immediately ran on over to Amazon to pre-order a copy. I loved this book so darn much I know I will be reading it for years to come as well as wanting this insane cover showcased on my bookshelf. Original Sins, I absolutely lo......more

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