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Authors: Antwone Fisher, Mim E. Rivas, Mim Eichler Rivas
ISBN-13: 9780060007782, ISBN-10: 0060007788
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: December 2001
Edition: Reprint

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Author Biography: Antwone Fisher

Antwone Fisher is an award-winning producer and screenwriter and the author of the bestselling memoir Finding Fish and Who Will Cry for the Little Boy?, a collection of poetry.

Book Synopsis

Born in prison to a single mother, Antwone Fisher was a ward of Cleveland's foster care system until he was taken in by a family who subjected him to verbal and sexual abuse throughout his adolescence. At 17, Fish escaped, only to suffer the hardships of life on the streets. Enlisting in the U.S. Navy, he found a "family" of his own. But before he could make peace with his past, he had to discover who he really was and where he came from—an inspiring, fascinating journey that lead from the mean streets of Cleveland to the highest echelons in Hollywood.

About the Authors:
Antowne Q. Fisher is a producer and screenwriter working in Hollywood. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Mim E. Rivas has worked on more than 10 books, including Betty DeGeneres's Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey

BookPage

Finding Fish, compellingly read by Alton Fitzgerald White, is [Antwone Fisher's]story, told with candor and without self-pity.

Table of Contents

Pre-memoir: An Uninvited Guest1
Act 1Ward of the State31
11959 to 196433
21965 to 196961
31969 to 1972101
41973 to 1976149
Act 2The Rain That Falls211
51976 to 1977213
61977243
Act 3Man of the World263
71977 to 1992265
81992301
Post-memoir: Finding Fish327
Acknowledgments341

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