Paranoia & Heartbreak
Fifteen Years in a Juvenile Facility
$43.75
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
For fifteen years, Jerome Gold worked as a rehabilitation counselor in a prison for juveniles in Washington state. Throughout his time there, he kept a journal of his experiences with youths who had been incarcerated for murder, kidnap, assault, rape and other sex offenses, auto theft, burglary, and selling drugs. What started as a journal designed to relieve stress turned into the evocation of one man’s nuanced perspective on a unique group of young people. Paranoia & Heartbreak tells Go…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583228777 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583228772 |
| Author: | Jerome Gold |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 392g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“I ask myself, as I always do, ‘Would I read this if it wasn’t a review book? Why?’ … Yes, because it’s real. Yes, because this is the world and the time in which we live. Yes, because Jerome Gold survived living it and the telling of it, so people like me can see the miraculous, awful truth and, maybe, step up and question why it has to be.” –Seattle Times
“I’d suggest that this nonfiction work by Seattle author Jerome Gold, subtitled ‘Fifteen Years in a Juvenile Facility,’ should be read by every adult living in the state of Washington. Something very bad is happening to too many of our children, and we need to know about it.” –Kitsap Sun
“Paranoia & Heartbreak digs deeper—Jerry Gold mines the gold of these kids’ emotions, exposes the broken system, shares the kids’ grief and pain and hurt and loves. He doesn’t judge these wards of the state, he understands them, he takes their voiceless lives and makes them palpable.” –Jimmy Santiago Baca
“A powerful and very tender-hearted book without a soupçon of sentimentality. Unforgettable!” –Russell Banks
About The Author
Jerome Gold
JEROME GOLD is the author of ten books, including Sergeant Dickinson, which was based on his experiences in the US Army Special Forces during the Vietnam War. He is also the publisher of Black Heron Press.
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