EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026
Exactly Like My Father
from Let every word echo in your imagination · host Howard Kane
ife: never become her father. Then her brother died. And the promise died with him. Olivia Parker was the success story. The girl who escaped. McKinsey consultant who never touched alcohol. When Leo begged for $8,000 to save his life, she said no. Three days later, they found him with a bullet in his head. Now the wine bottles are empty every morning. The viral video of her breakdown has 134,000 views. McKinsey fired her. No one will hire her. She's homeless, broken, and waking up in places she doesn't remember. The bathroom promise she made at six years old is shattering. And she's becoming exactly like the man she spent her whole life running from. This is the fall. Book 3 is the fight. But first, she has to survive rock bottom. A gut-wrenching, compulsively listenable story about addiction, family trauma, and the moment you become the person you swore you'd never be. Book 2 in the 5-book Daughter of a Drunk saga. Complete emotional arc. Can be listened to as standalone. Book 1 provides backstory; Book 3 brings the reckoning.
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Visit the episode webpage below to sign up to the Audible 30-day free trial to listen to full audiobooks for free! Title: Exactly Like My Father Subtitle: Adult Children of Alcoholics, Family Trauma, and Finding Hope (The Daughter of a Drunk, Book 2) Series: #2 in The Daughter of a Drunk Categories: Female Protagonist, Fiction Author: Howard Kane Narrator: Salem Arbuckle Publisher: Hidden Alpha Capital LLC Release date: 02-23-2026 Language: English Summary: She kept one promise her entire life: never become her father. Then her brother died. And the promise died with him. Olivia Parker was the success story. The girl who escaped. McKinsey consultant who never touched alcohol. When Leo begged for $8,000 to save his life, she said no. Three days later, they found him with a bullet in his head. Now the wine bottles are empty every morning. The viral video of her breakdown has 134,000 views. McKinsey fired her. No one will hire her. She's homeless, broken, and waking up in places she doesn't remember. The bathroom promise she made at six years old is shattering. And she's becoming exactly like the man she spent her whole life running from. This is the fall. Book 3 is the fight. But first, she has to survive rock bottom. A gut-wrenching, compulsively listenable story about addiction, family trauma, and the moment you become the person you swore you'd never be. Book 2 in the 5-book Daughter of a Drunk saga. Complete emotional arc. Can be listened to as standalone. Book 1 provides backstory; Book 3 brings the reckoning.
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