#autobiography

#autobiography

Last June, I met a wonderful longtime member of our community, Tom LeNoble. I have been fascinated with his story of resilience ever since that first meeting. I instantly realized this is a special person! Well, it turns out all of us can now read about his amazing life's journey. His autobiography, My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, and High Heels: In Control, Being Controlled, Out of Control!, is available now.

I'm not a big fan of rock memoirs they're the most predictable, name-droppy, sub-literature experiences. The Royal We certainly isn't name-droppy Bottum doesn't even use the surnames of his bandmates. And while he outlines the group's origins and early development, this takes a back seat to his youth escapades in San Francisco, before the internet, before that city got ruined.

That perfect season takes on new dimensions when Little talks about growing up a fat kid in Miami who sat in the Orange Bowl's segregated bleachers watching games, who bought the tasty hot dogs at McCrory's store but couldn't legally eat them at the counter and who snuck a drink at the white-only fountain in the W.D. Grant store to see if it tasted different.

"This book tells a story of how I learned my lessons throughout my life. Dating back to when I was a child during World War II and continuing as I grow and go through life's journey."

The 'true purpose of autobiography', Nabokov continues, is 'the following of such thematic designs through one's life.' This reflects a deeper understanding of life’s complexities.

Jim Lampley realized his true calling as a boxing commentator after a rocky start in 1986, leading to an illustrious career spanning three decades.

"Despite the relative favor he experienced, Brown lived under the constant threat of being viewed as mere property, lacking autonomy and the rights of a person."