Journey From Brooklyn - Garrahan, David

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Résumé :
Journey From Brooklyn is a memoir. It recounts the history of his life from age 2 to 82. Born into a dysfunctional family with a mentally unstable mother and an absentee alcoholic father. The author was homeless in Brooklyn at age six, sleeping in churches and stealing food to survive. From 1944 to 1952 he sells newspapers and shines shoes in Brooklyn to provide for food and pay the dollars17 monthly rent. In 1952, his mother sits the author and his sister at the kitchen table and calmly tells them I love you, but I am going to kill you now...don't worry, you are good children and you will go straight to Heaven. With butcher knife in hand, she chases the author and his sister 11 long blocks thru Brooklyn right into the 94 Police Precinct where she attacks the officer at the desk. Mrs. Garrahan is taken to Bellevue Hospital. She is confined to Brooklyn State Hospital for the Criminally Insane for 9 years. The author graduates from high school, and studies at seven universities, receiving a Master's degree from Lehigh University and a Doctoral degree from Columbia University. He conducts research on addiction and publishes numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as four books. Dr. Garrahan has been honored twice in Rose Garden ceremonies at the White House. He is the recipient of several awards and honors. His memoir is the history of a life from 'rags to riches'.

Biographie:
After failing First Grade, the author graduated high school. Worked and lived on a farm for 5 years. He receives a Bachelor's Degree with Majors in Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry. He teaches math and science at the high school level. He earns graduate school credits at the University of Scranton, Rutgers University, Cornell University, New York University, and receives a Master's degree from Lehigh University and a Doctoral degree from Columbia University. After completing a year of post-doctoral study at the Institute for Advanced Study of Rational Psychotherapy, he serves as a guidance counselor for 5 years. Appointed to the Graduate Faculty of Columbia University and Frostburg State University, he teaches at the graduate school level for 8 years. Dr. Garrahan then serves as the Director of the Pupil Personnel Services and District Superintendent of Schools for 12 years. He is retired and resides in Kingsport, TN.