Abbott Press
A Boy Named Jim
Product Code:
9781458200211
ISBN13:
9781458200211
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$16.26
A Boy Named Jim
$16.26
The silence and reluctance of author James A. Lynch's youth has been left behind; he has become a storyteller in the true form of grandfathers everywhere. In A Boy Named Jim, he provides a look into slices of his life. This memoir presents the true story of Lynch's journey from the innocence of childhood in a small midwestern town; through the rollicking good times of the teenage years, college, and navy life; through thirty years of the dark depths of chronic alcoholism; and finally through the process of recovery and sobriety. A Boy Named Jim tells of Lynch's heartbreaks and failures, as well as the miracles and faith that brought him back to reality to live the life of a spiritually peaceful and gracious old man. That morning ... I finally realized what I had become, what I was, and what I probably would always be: a hopeless, helpless drunk. I didn't amount to anything, never had, and never would. I feared I would probably die in a drunken stupor somewhere, or I would be permanently institutionalized. I didn't realize until sometime later, lying cut and bruised in a strange basement, I had been granted two important things: a moment of clarity and the gift of desperation.
| Author: James a. Lynch |
| Publisher: Abbott Press |
| Publication Date: Aug 18, 2011 |
| Number of Pages: 144 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1458200213 |
| ISBN-13: 9781458200211 |
