Well, that requires a reader like me to read the book in one long inhale. Hole in my life is an american autobiography of jack gantos and was published by macmillan. On september 14, 1953, aa authorized na the use of aas 12 steps and traditions on the condition that they stopped using the aa name, causing the organization to call itself narcotics anonymous. How do you fancy having your entire life in one book. The key to enduring, persevering and being hopeful is to never stop. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a. Smashwords about philippa thomson, author of a hole in my. In 1971 jack gantos was scraping through his final year of high school. Find books like hole in my life from the worlds largest community of readers. On the surface, the narrative tumbles from one crazed moment to the next as gantos pieces together the story of his restless final year of high school, his shortlived career. Today is a warm rainy day in sw michigan, so i hope to catch up. I find myself moving like a knife, carving my way around people, cutting. There are, however, two stories told in this riveting narrative.
Goodreads members who liked hole in my life also liked. Mar 26, 2002 jack gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middlegrade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. Hole in my life is the autobiographical story of jack gantos during his younger years. As i read hole in my life, i found myself thinking deeply about the utility of gantos. Hole in my life is an american autobiography of jack gantos and was published by macmillan publishers in 2002. She enjoyed success in the creative world of picture research, holding the posts of picture manager on macmillans multivolume dictionary of art as well as picture editor at phaidon press, among others. Some chapters tell the story of love, drama, comedy, mystery, loss, adversity, growth, disappointment, triumph, etc. Twelveyearold jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. For ten thousand dollars, he recklessly agreed to help sail a sixtyfoot yacht loaded with a ton of hashish from the virgin islands pdf to new york city, where he. Life is like a book with many chapters warrior forum the.
Jack gantos conclussion i think that hole in my life was a good book. For his part in the conspiracy, gantos was sentenced to serve up to six years in prison. She put her fulltime publishing career on hold to raise her children, the youngest of whom was born severely disabled as a result of a rare. This is so because it is the real occurrence of a student who became a drug runner in a series of events. Life is like a book with many chapters we call seasons. Just 20 years old, gantos was in a medium security prison for his participation in a. To ask other readers questions about hole in my life, please sign up. In 2019, i set a goal to read 100 books but unfortunately, i fell short. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring young writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a deadend job. I think, if youd read my other books, you wouldnt call me that. See featured authors answering questions learn more. This was a life quite unlike those of many other children. Part two reckless, untamed, immature tone part three remorse, cautious, sorrow tone forcing himself through difficult situations to become a writer justify actions all to become a writer turns to admitting mistakes.
In hole in my life, jack gantos recounts an experience from his own life that many other writers would rather keep hidden from public view. The photo was taken in 1972 at the mediumsecurity federal correctional institution in ashland, kentucky. On the surface, the narrative tumbles from one intense moment to the next as gantos pieces together the story of his restless final year of high school, his shortlived career as. Printz award and the same year became a winner of the robert f. Gantos was a young man with little supervision who led a life that involved many moves and opportunities. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hole in my life. Hole in my life is a gripping account of his incarceration, written with unsparing honesty. Some chapters are dull and ordinary, others intense and exciting. Sibert honors, joey pigza swallowed the key, a national book award finalist, and joey pigza loses control, a newbery honor book. Due to a combination of illness, personal challenges, and plain old lack of motivation, i only read around 77.
In hole in my life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young people. In hole in my life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young. Since i was trying so hard to make books lead my life, i didnt want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, good book, as if i was patting a good dog. If you like hole in my life you might like similar books staying fat for sarah byrnes, whale talk, stuck in neutral, godless, the rag and bone shop. In one riveting scene in hole in my life, hamilton, seacrazed and irate. The first is of a gallant british woman struggling to make sense of a world turned upside down by symptoms that she cannot understand in her case scds. Moving to puerto rico looked like a free pass to a party and though jack. Hole in my life by jack gantos, part 1 vocabulary list. Jack gantos, author of childrens books, writes his autobiographical account of how, lost and. Dead end in norvelt, winner of the newbery medal and the. Science and reason are in a battle with conjecture and instinct to. Na recovery medallions na sobriety coins my 12 step store.
Hole in my life by jack gantos the prisoner in the photograph is me. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer desperate for adventure, college cash, and a way out of a deadend job. Jul 22, 2003 in hole in my life, this acclaimed author of more than 30 books for young people confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth. Brennan, a librarian, paints a memorable picture of the young chief librarians arrival in hull, and gives a few memorable glimpses of his daytoday presence in the library, like his passionate. His parents had moved to st croix in the virgin islands, but he was. Not until he is given his life assignment as the receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this. In the summer of 1971, jack gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a deadend job. I was twentyone years old and had been locked up for a year already the bleakest year of my life and i had more time ahead of me.
We didnt so much arrive at our destinations as aim and crash into them like kamikaze yachtsmen. Apr 04, 2017 hole in my life by jack gantos when he was a senior in high school, writer jack gantos agreed to help sail a sixtyfoot yacht loaded with a ton of hashish from the virgin islands to new york city, where he and his partners sold the drug until federal agents caught up with them. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to holes. Feb 11, 2005 hole in my life by jack gantos 224pp, red fox. Feb 24, 2015 how do you fancy having your entire life in one book. After reading it i would say it belongs in a high school library because of the drug.
Jack gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middlegrade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. A vocabulary list featuring hole in my life by jack gantos, part 1. In a high school surrounded by a twelvefoot fence, jack gantos imagined what life behind bars would be like. I wanted books to change me, and i wanted to write books that would change others. Hole in my life by jack gantos, 2002, farrar, straus and giroux edition, in english 1st ed. Shop for books at and browse categories like young adult books, childrens books, mystery books, adult coloring books and cook books.
But there is a hole in between, and one has the sense of hearing only about the peripheries of larkins life, though mae ve m. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. So gantos describes himself as a 20yearold about to be arrested and imprisoned for smuggling two thousand pounds of hashish from st. In my stars theres a hole in my life theres a hole in my life be a happy man i try the best i can or maybe im just looking for too much theres something missing from my life cuts me open like a knife it leaves me vulnerable i have this disease i shake like an incurable god help me please oh, theres a hole in my life theres a hole in my. Narcotics anonymous medallions coins in 1953 narcotics anonymous, originally called aana, was founded in california usa by jimmy kinnon and others. Oct 14, 2017 i purchase around 250 books a year many are boxed sets. On the surface, the narrative tumbles from one crazed moment to the next as gantos pieces together the story of his restless final year of high school, his shortlived career as a criminal, and his time in prison. Hole in my life by jack gantos is a story of one young mans struggle to become a writer. May 26, 2016 a hole in my life battling chronic dizziness, by philippa thomson is a must read for anyone with unexplained dizziness. The answer that changed my life and might just change the world by richard stearns and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.