Wasted Wasted

Wasted

    • 4.8 • 61 Ratings
    • £2.99

Publisher Description

Mark Johnson's father had 'LOVE' tattooed across his left hand, but that didn't stop the beatings. The Johnson children would turn up to school with broken fingers and chipped teeth, but no one ever thought of investigating their home life. Mark just slipped through the cracks, and kept on falling. For years.
Constantly in trouble at school, Mark began stealing at the age of seven, was drinking by the age of eight, and took his first hit of heroin aged eleven. A sensitive, intelligent boy, he could never stay on the right path, and though Art College beckoned, he ended up in Portland prison instead.
With searing honesty, WASTED documents Mark's descent into the depths of addiction and criminality. Homeless, hooked on heroin and crack, no one - least of all Mark - believed he would survive. And yet - astonishingly - he somehow pulled himself through, and now runs his own thriving tree surgery business, employing and helping other recovering addicts. His story is at once shocking and inspiring - a compelling account of his struggle to save himself, and help save others in the process.

GENRE
Biography
RELEASED
2009
5 November
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
352
Pages
PUBLISHER
Little, Brown Book Group
SIZE
821.1
KB

Customer Reviews

Blondie..07 ,

An incredible & brutally honest book…

Wow…I couldn’t put this book down. I felt like I lived his life with him, so brilliantly written. An incredible man whose story proves there is hope out there for everyone. Well done Mark Johnson for everything you’ve achieved, just amazing!

AlmeidaLQ ,

Amazing

What a gripping story. This book and story is just incredible. I didn’t know how this was going to end in good terms but honestly everything is possible. Great story Mark.

Amzrich5 ,

Great book with a happy ending

Really good read,

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