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(More customer reviews)Moreso than with most "page turners", I actually had to stop myself skipping sentences during the many races from tension to release which unfold throughout the pages of this book. In 'Brooklyn NY: A Grim Retrospective', Jerry Castaldo shares a compelling collection of autobiographical tales which comprise a portrait of the author and his self-deliverance from a world he recounts as desperate and dangerous. His physical extraction is paralleled by the unfolding of an inner journey towards the freedom of self-understanding, with themes of entrapment and escape, fear and courage, frustration and hope. The imagery and drama are richly detailed, the situations moving and memorable. Whereas the lives of ordinary people are increasingly propped up and passed off as entertainment, this engaging work offers a worthwhile glimpse of reality at its realest: raw, rough, and resolute. It is an honest and apt account of the achievements of one individual at large in unsteady times. Strongly recommended.
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This explosive autobiographical volume is a gripping account of entertainer Jerry Castaldo growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn, NY, his agonizing descent into the darkness of the city's underbelly and his desperate struggle back to normalcy.Celebrated NY Post columnist, author and playwright Chip Deffaa edited this dark, yet highly inspirational story."Heartbreaking," "surprising," "emotionally charged.""Shocking," "volatile," "riveting" and "just plain scary."Those comments are from readers of this book who cut a wide swath across a varied demographic--men, women; young, old; and who are from varying socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and locales.
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