This book takes you inside the mind of an indecisive, rude, heartless, kind, loving, and amazing individuala famous man who thought he couldnt love anyone else.

This is a gift in book form, and is addressed to me, you and everyone, so give a gift that lasts, and Tell Everyone.

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Shattered Innocence tells a gripping dramatic story of teenage innocence mixed with adult family drama.

Two young friends cellebrate and say goodbye over beers. One friend stays home the other a Marine goes off to war in Iraq.

His fiction and criticism have appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, London Review of Books, the Baffler, and Conjunctions. This is his first novel.

This book is Brandon's account of how his life was changed in an instant following a car accident.

All PJ knew was the streets of Chiraq, a name given to Chicago earned by gang violence.