Life and How to Live It: Begin the Begin (Memoir)

Chaos and poverty dominated his world. When chance opens the door, can this young boy discover what it means to live? Pennsylvania, 1980’s. Chaz Holesworth grew up trapped between extremes. Born to a heroin-addicted father and a devoted evangelical Christian mother, he battled against roaches and rats at home while dodging gangs and drugs on the streets of Philly. And the isolated thirteen-year-old began to realize that he faced a dead-end future without hope. Hitting painful puberty while developing a growing awareness of society’s many plights, Chaz’s unhappiness and anger escalated with no help in sight. Until a random visit to an arcade when he’s shocked to discover a lifeline in a jukebox playing R.E.M.’s Losing my Religion. more

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