TALES OF AN ORPHAN: IN 1960’s AMERICA

By DP Curran

TALES OF AN ORPHAN in 1960's AMERICA This book is set amongst the backdrop of race riots, the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, the Vietnam War, bikers, hippies, and the black curtain of the church. In March of 1963, a thirty-seven-year-old mother dies, leaving behind eight children. While her husband, raised himself in an orphanage, a war hero in WWII, a genius, a con man, and an alcoholic, deserts his children. The children are separated, scattered to the streets, foster homes, and orphanages. The cycle repeats itself - violence, abuse, starvation, white poverty, crime, and all that goes with it.This book contains stories from the youngest of the "Unlucky Eight" from his earliest recollections as a small child. Sit back and see through the child's eyes what true terror is in the charge of his mother's sister. Witness the hardened product destined for cold, calculated revenge and destruction. Someone has to pay...NEXT UP - TALES OF AN ORPHAN in 1970's AMERICA.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977068588
• ISBN13: 9781977068583
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"