Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Surviving Life’s Challenges by Paul Bradford
LIFE IS HARD! Shit happens! Nobody’s perfect – everyone makes mistakes. We learn by living. Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Surviving Life’s Challenges is an ‘award- winning’ narrative (LITERARY TITAN) that embraces a sense of nostalgia mixed with pain and trauma. This heartfelt chronicle is about hard times, courage, and survival. KIRKUS REVIEWS describes the book as “a wrenching … Kafkaesque journey”. The author creates a conversational tone that is inspirational—but sometimes uncomfortable. His rhythm shifts like an “…emotional rollercoaster…” (INDIES TODAY) as harsh realities of his life are detailed about poverty, child abuse, divorce, prison, war trauma, homelessness, sexual orientation conflict, and the disheartening absence of restorative justice in our draconian criminal probation system. The book’s imagery and narrative exude a blend of raw emotions and unprecedented self-realizations as the author confronts multiple life-altering happenings – and the imperfect consequences of each experience. But, Walk a Mile in My Shoes isn’t just a gut-wrenching saga about tragedy — it’s also about hope, personal growth, and the resilience of the human spirit. Sometimes, the hardest roads lead to the greatest understanding.
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Author Bio:
Paul Bradford’s youth was scarred by poverty as he labored in cotton fields in Arkansas. His mother died when he was nine. After being abandoned by his drunken and abusive father, he shuffled through five foster homes. Paul became a decorated Army veteran (Purple Heart and Bronze Star for Heroism) after being wounded in the Vietnam War. Although he lived a double life as he battled an internal conflict about his sexual orientation, Paul built a flourishing life with his loving wife. He became a successful businessman and devoted father of two children. After committing a heinous crime, he was sentenced to five years in a Texas penitentiary and ten years’ probation. Paul became homeless and destitute after completing his prison sentence. His one and only crime shattered his 43-year marriage. His family disowned him. No one would give him a job. For the past ten years, Paul courageously confronted the disheartening absence of restorative justice as he attempted to comply with probation’s draconian system. He continues to cautiously focus on accepting his sexuality. He is 78 years young and lives in Austin, Texas.