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The Big Hustle: A Boston Street Kid's Story of Addiction and Redemption
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2020
- ISBN
- 9781681926032
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Big Hustle : a Boston Street Kid's Story of Addiction and Redemption
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Publisher
- Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
- Genre
- Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Rich & Famous, Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, Personal Memoirs
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
ISBN-10
1681926032
ISBN-13
9781681926032
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5050107789
Product Key Features
Book Title
Big Hustle : a Boston Street Kid's Story of Addiction and Redemption
Topic
Rich & Famous, Substance Abuse & Addictions / Drugs, Personal Memoirs
Publication Year
2020
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-935727
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
362.29092
Synopsis
When Jim Wahlberg went to prison the second time at 22 years old, he was sentenced to six to nine years for breaking and entering, bargained down from life for home invasion. He had staggered into a Boston cop's apartment, helping himself to the sellable stuff and all the beer in the fridge. The cop came home, found Jim passed out at the kitchen table, beat the hell out of him, and arrested him. But Wahlberg, a 130-pound kid from Dorchester, had learned some things from his life on the street and his first prison sentence. He knew how to survive. And he knew that if he wanted to avoid serving the full sentence, he would have to do something. He did what he was best at: He hustled. He would create the illusion that he was trying to change, that he'd become the model prisoner, not a guy hell-bent on getting out while he was still young enough to drink more, steal more, and do more drugs. He didn't know, though, that the Catholic priest he was trying to hustle was actually hustling him. The Big Hustle is the story of a redeemed life and a family's healing. This is the no-holds-barred, unvarnished, and sometimes brutal true story of Jim Wahlberg, the fifth of nine kids growing up in a working-class Irish Catholic neighborhood outside of Boston, hustling for attention any way he could get it, which led him to the biggest hustle of his life. Against all odds he got clean, he got out, and he got the girl. Jim dedicated his new life as a former addict to working with addicts, and for years has spread the word that recovery is possible. But nothing could have prepared him for what came next. His discovery that his own son was an addict threw Jim into a crisis--one that led him deeper into his faith and led to healing he never thought possible. This book is a testament to God's power and an invitation to all of us to hope in the darkest places., The Big Hustle is the story of a redeemed life and a family's healing. This is the no-holds-barred, unvarnished, and sometimes brutal true story of Jim Wahlberg, the fifth of nine kids growing up in a working-class Irish Catholic neighborhood outside of Boston, hustling for attention any way he could get it, which led him to the biggest hustle of his life. Against all odds he got clean, he got out, and he got the girl. Jim dedicated his new life as a former addict to working with addicts, and for years has spread the word that recovery is possible.
LC Classification Number
HN30.W34 2020
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- o***9 (309)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem took too long to get shipped. I had a tracking number 6 days before item was given to post office. Once the usps had the package it arrived quickly. Item was as described and was packed very well. Customer service was responsive. If I knew that seller took so long to ship I would not have bought item from them. Nowhere does it say on the sellers site that they take 5-7 days to ship. That is rediculous. Anyhow. The old tape deck i bought works. Once belts are replaced it should be good.
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- o***9 (309)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem took too long to get shipped. I had a tracking number 6 days before item was given to post office. Once the usps had the package it arrived quickly. Item was as described and was packed very well. Customer service was responsive. If I knew that seller took so long to ship I would not have bought item from them. Nowhere does it say on the sellers site that they take 5-7 days to ship. That is rediculous. Anyhow. The old tape deck i bought works. Once belts are replaced it should be good.
- 2***o (81)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseOrdered cookbook late Sunday morning. Shipped early Monday morning. Arrived on time Wednesday late morning from within WI by USPS Bound Printed Matter in good condition shipped in a white exterior / gray interior plastic mailing envelope. Accurate description. Printed invoice included. Great value from a not-for-profit organization. Thanks!
- l***j (1785)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseHighly recommend this Goodwill seller the shipping was very quick received items in 5 days the packaging & value were good & item was as described