Un-Broken, the Untold Life of a Ghetto Bastard

from dulcibelle

This is the memoir of a young man growing up in the (literal) mean streets of Washington DC. He tells the story of how he was raised (or more honestly, neglected) and how certain lucky events in his youth helped put him on the road up and out. It's a horrifying book; De is not graphic in his desc...

from sareiner

A good book and a nice quick read. The author certainly deserves major credit for making something of his life despite the horrendous childhood he experienced. I just wished like everyone has been saying that they book wouldn't have ended so soon and followed his life a little bit longer.

from hc1986

This memoir chronicles the youth and early aduilthood of De Angelo Moody, the child of a white mother and black father, in the crime ridden slums in and around Washington DC. His mother was a drug addict and abandoned the young De Angelo for months at a time with friends and relatives. He was phy...