{"product_id":"life-and-how-to-live-it-volume-one-begin-the-begin-paperback","title":"Life and How to Live It: Volume one: Begin the Begin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Ritch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChaz Holesworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a city built on survival, one young boy learns the cost of staying alive-and what it takes to finally start living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhiladelphia in the 1980s was no place for the soft-hearted. For Chaz Holesworth, childhood meant dodging gangs, addiction, and silence after slammed doors. His father's world ran on heroin, his mother's on holy fear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaught between two extremes, sin and salvation, Chaz learned early on how to disappear: keep your head down, don't ask questions, and pray someone notices you anyway.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut everything changed the day he discovered music. In R.E.M., Tori Amos, and Nirvana, he hears something no sermon ever offered: truth, raw and imperfect. As his home life spiraled and his faith fractured, those lyrics became lifelines, every note pulling him closer to the one thing he never had: his own identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when the noise outside becomes louder than the voice inside?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr when loyalty to broken people starts to break you too?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnflinching and darkly funny, Life and How to Live It: Volume One is more than a coming-of-age memoir: It's a portrait of grit, grief, poverty, and the fragile beauty of hope born from chaos. Chaz Holesworth's story captures the pulse of Philadelphia's rough-edged streets and the soundtrack that kept him alive as he battled lost faith, family dysfunction, and his father's addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who's ever grown up in the wreckage of someone else's choices, Chaz's story is proof that you can still build something beautiful from the debris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44059277951111,"sku":"9798889257820","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/C8Gbl0xuXe9798889257820.webp?v=1772787659","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/life-and-how-to-live-it-volume-one-begin-the-begin-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}