Finally, a story with a beginning, middle and end which will knock the bobby socks off every reader, leaving many humbled. Clisham's delicate masterful behind the scenes interviewing skills have led Mullan to verbalize tale after tale of the touching torture of struggling to hold on; to just grow up in search of sanity. This first person narrative pulls at one's heart strings through his lonely quiet plea and fear to maybe be noticed. Can a nobody become somebody? Can a failing student succeed? Can a stumbling reader survive in today's hustle for success? Can alcohol be a useful self-medication? Do Irish Catholic families toe the line of the Commandments? How does a potential Asperger's spectrum recluse carve out a personal niche without meds? Mike Mullan's memoir will remind you sometimes of Huck Finn, sometimes of Forest Gump or sometimes even Salinger's Holden Caufield as a geriatric. Clisham taps Mullan's remarkably detailed, deeply private memories to share his sad story of staying safe from society. This literary gem honors all who struggle in the trenches of seeming to not measure up to the next guy or gal! An Ending one will never see coming!!!! Spoiler ALERT. Do NOT tell your friends . . . let them take their own car ride with Justice of the Peace Charlie Mullan's kid, plain reliable Mike.
After "Hobby Trumps Heartache" launched last year the Broken Giant series, Pat Clisham brings another stunning first-person narrative portrait of the heart and soul of the life story of an aging man whose end is near. And it isn't pretty. Kenny Duggan, a Maryland kid athlete from nothing, becomes something of a success in the business big leagues . Kenny traces for us his humble roots laced with his secret search for sanity as a youngster. Does family trauma wound us forever? Or does family trauma drive us to succeed? Or is history destined to repeat itself in our quest for fame, fortune, pride, recognition, status or cash? In what dimension of living does a child of the 50's learn to reach contentment in old age? Whether it is his struggles with alcohol or his continuous climbing the mountain of surviving in the rough and tumble of car sales, Duggan allows us to see, up close and personal, every twist and turn of turmoil with the odds stacked against him from 1st grade on. This touching memoir of Kenny's life is the unvarnished truth about how you maybe get in life what you put into it. And if you build effective resources, life has a way of rewarding you. And if you don't, "Tomorrrow's Sorrows" may hold sharp edged outcomes. Clisham once again offers us a comprehensive take on an Everyman, the good, the bad, the ugly, and then some. The depth of pain and honesty or even grit from this true story rarely are revealed among today's barrage of instant information about politics, sports, or entertainment figures which blur the high hurdles of the millions who live away from Main St. or the glare of lights.
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