When Then Became Now

When Then Became Now is a memoir set in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1980s. It's about two teenagers, John and Monique, who fall in love and share the span of their relationship, which crumbles from drug use to the end of John's life thirty-three years later. John left behind a son and two grandchildren for whom he was writing his life story. Unfortunately, being homeless, his journal was lost to the streets of Southern California.

With grief in her heart, Monique writes to share
the one story she can share with John's son. One of her and his father.

This story has some harsh elements, but is presented with love
to let John's family see the man she knew before his pain and addiction destroyed him. This book is for anyone who has struggled with either addiction or loves someone who has.

It's a love story, an unconditional friendship story, and a family story.