The Failures
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Last published Thu, Jun 4, 2015
All his life he has been a misfit. He has never been able to truly fit in no matter what he does. 20 years later, he reflects on his past and the horrible life he lived in the Heart of LA during the 90's. Dealing with perverse notions like poverty, addiction, abuse, neglect and other horrors the life he chose has to offer, he tells the story of what defined him, what happened, and how it pushed him to the edge of everything. (An original novel in progress. A taste of it from chapter one!)
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