The most interesting book the old man had ever read -- Birth/school: before it got ugly -- Skipping stones/getting stoned: grade school -- Failing the seventh grade -- Ninth grade in the psych ward [until they threw him out] -- Last chance high: the Baltimore Experimental High School -- Spanish Harlem: there could have been blood -- Big fucking Indian -- Bonnie and Clyde -- Shoot out on ready -- The stolen carpet and the fat girl: State of Maryland inmate no. 215799 March 1991 to August -- Misadventure en route to the underworld: 1995 through Elvis's birthday, -- Frank White/ inmate junkie -- Free to go -- Third time a charm -- College/career/shirt & tie -- One promise -- The D train -- Epilogue: a day in his best life, Thanksgiving weekend
Summary
"This biography chronicles the life of Bruce White from the beginnings of his drug use in elementary school through the criminal acts fueled by his need for drugs to his unlikely recovery three decades later and involvement in the treatment of addicts, where he is now a leader in the rehabilitation field. Bruce White commissioned Rafael Alvarez to write his story with the hope that people who are dealing with the fallout of addiction could be inspired by the no-holds-barred recounting of his journey."-- Provided by publisher
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 21, 2022)
