Finding Fish
- ISBN13: 9780060539863
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Antwone Quenton Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment his single mother gave birth to him in prison. As a foster child, he suffered more than a dozen years of emotional abandonment and physical abuse, until he escaped and forged a life on the streets. And just as his life was about to hit rock bottom, Antwone enlisted in the U.S. Navy — a decision that would ultimately save him. There, he became a man and discovered a loving family he never had. Through it all, Antwone refused to allow his spirit to be broken and never gave up his dreams of a better day.
A miraculous true story of one courageous man’s journey from abandonment and abuse to extraordinary success, here is a modern-day, African-American Oliver Twist you will never forget.
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Category: Screenwriting Books | Posted by: brian on February 19, 2010
5 Comments to “Finding Fish”
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By Dee Dee, February 19, 2010 @ 1:05 am
This book did show that even though someone can have a bad upbringing you can still overcome it. Most of the book I enjoyed, but a few parts were boring for me.
Rating: 3 / 5
By Anonymous, February 19, 2010 @ 2:42 am
Hello, I think that this book was really good. It was about a young boy named Antwone who ever since he was born has been living in foster institution. He stayed with a husband and wife name the Picketts who were very cruel to Antwone. He suffered more than a dozen years of mental abondonment and physical abuse. Also while he was in junior high some of his close friends were shot, or had commited suicicide.
Antwone eventually ran away from the Picketts and enlisted in the U.S. NAVY.
I think this is a book mostly for pre-teens and up. Becasue pre-teens, teens, and adults would have a better perspective on whats going on. This is an excllent book for any reader who wants to be inspired by a good book.
Rating: 5 / 5
By Read For Life, February 19, 2010 @ 4:44 am
There are so many other good reviews, that I do not feel the need to say much except read this book. It was great through and through, cover to cover.
Rating: 5 / 5
By D. Hughey, February 19, 2010 @ 6:35 am
the ending made me switch to 5. I liked the happy ending. I think what made it kinda bad for me reading this one was that I saw the movie first. So while reading I kept trying to copy parts to scenes in the movie.
What makes this book great for me is the fact that it’s written by a black man about his troubled life. Most black men won’t even tell the people close in their lives things like this let alone write a story for the world to read.
End child abuse today.
Rating: 5 / 5
By A. L. McDow, February 19, 2010 @ 9:31 am
This is an awe inspiring piece of literary work. The narrative from the beginning inspires the reader and allows almost a walk-along journey into the author’s life and the actual steps that he took. The movie was good in its setting and up to date account of a life in the 60′s. The book adds so much story that went untold in the movie and is that much more moving. Antwone Fisher writes as if he has been doing this since a child.
Rating: 5 / 5