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Stay Down: A Memoir of Brooklyn, Brotherhood, and Survival:
"This was a very well written memoir about a man and his ability to rise up even when the world tried to keep him down.
Reading this story made me feel all kinds of things. Anger, sadness, empathy and heartache. I like Angel was one of 4 children in my" Read more of this review » |
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You took it by being willing to go further than the next person. By being the one who started it instead of waiting to see if it was going to start. So I became the one who started it. I was just a kid but I had made a calculation. The only way to stop getting hurt was to become the thing that hurt first.
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Stay Down: A Memoir of Brooklyn, Brotherhood, and Survival:
"A quick look into a personal struggle!
I live a good underdog story or just hearing about other’s lives. People can be so motivating and resilient. We can all learn so much from each other. This is a quick look at a families struggles and how those st" Read more of this review » |
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Randall Bushey's review
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Stay Down: A Memoir of Brooklyn, Brotherhood, and Survival:
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This is a book that truly earns its title, Stay Down. At first, I assumed it would be about gang life and that "stay down" would reflect loyalty to the clique. Boy, was I wrong. I can't fully explain why, but reading about other peopl" Read more of this review » |
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“You'll help me kill Papa."
I was ten. My brother was eleven. This is a true story.”
― Stay Down: A Memoir of Brooklyn, Brotherhood, and Survival
I was ten. My brother was eleven. This is a true story.”
― Stay Down: A Memoir of Brooklyn, Brotherhood, and Survival
“The only way to stop getting hurt was to become the thing that hurt first.”
― Stay Down: A Memoir of Brooklyn, Brotherhood, and Survival
― Stay Down: A Memoir of Brooklyn, Brotherhood, and Survival
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