This is an easy-to-read story that begins with the writer as a child, born into a lower-class family plagued by alcoholism, violence and abuse. Lighthearted at times, this memoir takes the reader through his life of depression, twisted at an early age by self-image and self-esteem issues. From being a fourth-grader with a physical deformity, who tries his best to make friends and fit in; to being the junior high school kid who makes a decision that changes the rest of his life. The writer tells of his alcoholic father who would spend all the rent money in bars, come home in drunken tirades,...
This is an easy-to-read story that begins with the writer as a child, born into a lower-class family plagued by alcoholism, violence and abuse. Lighth...