The Spastics Guide to Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n'Roll...and Realization

By Edward S. Cushanick

Born with cerebral palsy and an artist's eye, mind and memory for his surroundings, Ed's story starts in the '40s in the Industrial Home for Crippled Children, a fading remnant of the Victorian Era, where he was a resident from the age of three to six years old. It is a first step in a journey that sweeps you along like white-water rapids with Twainian adventures spanning the religious to the ridiculous in both familiar and unfamiliar locales.This the latest edition of the "Great American Boot-Strap Story", with Rock and Roll playing in the background. It is a tale of steely determination being forged in the fires of major life upheavals and seemingly insurmountable obstacles; with three failures for every small taste of success. It is a success earned through daily physical therapy and bullies preying on his perceived weaknesses.Ed's writing was honed through thirty-two years of teaching special education and decades of writing, recording and performing his own songs. This is an audacious undertaking, the first of a three-part autobiography of a life worth living. The magic of this story is that it is Everyman's, yet compellingly different. Fasten your seatbelt for a roller-coaster ride through human emotion, determination and ultimate victory over physical limitations, social barriers, and prejudices.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478264292
• ISBN13: 9781478264293
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"