Land of the Lost SoulsLand of the Lost Souls
A moving, funny, and unforgettable memoir of homeless life in New York
For the past sixteen years, Cadillac Man has lived on the streets of New York City. Over those years, he has recorded the facts of his daily life, writing hundreds of thousands of words in a series of spiral-bound notebooks. Cadillac Man: My Life on the Streets distills those journals into a memoir of homeless life, full of indelible characters and packed with gripping stories. In a gritty, poignant, and funny voice, Cadillac narrates his descent into homelessness, the struggles and unexpected freedoms of his life, and the story of his love affair with a young runaway, whom he eventually (and tragically) reunites with her family. The United States has seven hundred thousand homeless people; ultimately, Cadillac's story is their story.
A New York City homeless man recounts his sixteen-year experience on the streets as recorded in a series of spiral-bound notebooks, a life marked by periods of humor, colorful characters, and his struggles with myriad challenges and unexpected freedoms. 25,000 first printing.
A New York City homeless man recounts his fourteen-year experience on the streets as recorded in a series of spiral-bound notebooks, a life marked by periods of humor, colorful characters, and his struggles with myriad challenges and unexpected freedoms.
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- New York : Bloomsbury, c2009.
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