Authors: Antwone Fisher, Alton Fitzgerald White
ISBN-13: 9780061127410, ISBN-10: 0061127418
Format: MP3 Book
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: December 2005
Edition: Abridged
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.
Antwone Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment his single mother gave birth to him in prison. As a foster child, he suffered more than a dozen years of emotional abandonment and physical abuse, until he escaped and forged a life on the streets. And just as his life was about to hit rock bottom, Antwone enlisted in the U.S. Navy -- a decision that would ultimately save him. There, he became a man and discovered a loving family he never had. Through it all, Antwone refused to allow his spirit to be broken and never gave up his dreams of a better day.
A miraculous true story of one courageous man's journey from abandonment and abuse to extraordinary success, here is a modern-day, African-American Oliver Twist you will never forget.
Finding Fish reads like a great work of fiction, moving me alternately to tears and laughter, sorrow and joy, and making me forget at times that the story is in fact astonishingly true. Antwone Fisher's journey is truly a triumph of the spirit, the story of a boy born into circumstances that few of us could withstand, yet who not only survives, but goes on to remarkable success beyond most of our dreams. In a voice that is authentic and raw, Antwone tells of the power of finding one's voice as an artist and a human being. I hope this book is embraced by readers of every color and age.
Pre-memoir: An Uninvited Guest | 1 | |
Act 1 | Ward of the State | 31 |
1 | 1959 to 1964 | 33 |
2 | 1965 to 1969 | 61 |
3 | 1969 to 1972 | 101 |
4 | 1973 to 1976 | 149 |
Act 2 | The Rain That Falls | 211 |
5 | 1976 to 1977 | 213 |
6 | 1977 | 243 |
Act 3 | Man of the World | 263 |
7 | 1977 to 1992 | 265 |
8 | 1992 | 301 |
Post-memoir: Finding Fish | 327 | |
Acknowledgments | 341 |