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   A heartrending and hilarious recounting of the quest for survival and acceptance by a young boy amid the chaos of alcoholism, abuse, and deceit. Henry, a gentle old Black man, takes the boy into his heart, and with words inspires him to overcome the forces trying to destroy him. His father, a handsome philanderer, is transformed into a demon by alcohol. The mother’s weakness allows abuse and violence to dominate the boy's life. His sister, six years older, is assigned responsibility for his care at too early an age; her resentment explodes into rage. Finally, he faces the obstacles initiated by a tyrannical school administrator. Read an excerpt from this book Buy the book from... |
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 "A new memorir by ... Hiram (Keith) Myers draws readers into the nightmarish world of a child of alcoholics who weathered the storms of the Depression and World War II. The book's greatest pleasure arises from observing the adult world through Hiram's four-year-old eyes ... spying on Dad's carousing and striking up a friendship with a kind black man weave into richly ironic stories. At the heart of In Pursuit of the Speckled Gumball is the voice of the son of alcoholics ... Its final chapters reveal how the author survived and triumphed." - The Oklahoma Observer ""Yesterday I finished In Pursuit of the Speckled Gumball. It was sometimes bawdy and profane, but always real and many times electrifying. This is one of the best books I have ever read and my favorite genre. I put your work right up there with Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and Gay (Gaetano?) Talese's Unto the Sons. " - Linda Burkett - O'Hern, Esq.  More Testimonials...
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