
Hole in My Life
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Jack Gantos
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Jack Gantos
In Hole in My Life, this prizewinning author of over thirty books for young people confronts the period of struggle and confinement that marked the end of his own youth. On the surface, the narrative tumbles from one crazed moment to the next as Gantos pieces together the story of his restless final year of high school, his short-lived career as a criminal, and his time in prison. But running just beneath the action is the story of how Gantos, once he was locked up in a small, yellow-walled cell, moved from wanting to be a writer to writing, and how dedicating himself more fully to the thing he most wanted to do helped him endure and ultimately overcome the worst experience of his life.
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Critic reviews
"It will leave readers emotionally exhausted and a little wiser." (Publishers Weekly)
"Gantos' spare narrative style and straightforward revelation of the truth...will capture not only a reader's attention but also empathy and imagination. This is great for every aspiring writer and also a wonderful biography for teens struggling to discover their deepest, truest selves." (Booklist)
Interesting loved it
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Jack is always amazing
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A great memoir from a great kids/YA author
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Grew on me!
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Great book and reading.
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Keep writing Mr. Gantos! I love it!
Love for Gantos!
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes! Real life stories are so interesting, and knowing that all of these events happened to Jack makes them that much more curious. It takes us back to a time before truancy boards, and before we really looked out for teenagers as a nation. And it's interesting to see what a kid can get into if unattended ...What other book might you compare Hole in My Life to and why?
I have never read anything like it, so it's difficult to make a comparison. It reminds me of crime tv but as if the criminals had the camera and wrote the script.Which character – as performed by Jack Gantos – was your favorite?
Jack was an interesting character, but I also liked the apartment manager Davey. She had spunk!Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I certainly felt angry on behalf of Jack. I was frustrated by the judicial system, and concerned at how easy it was for criminals to implicate other criminals without further investigation or scrutiny as to the authenticity of the information that they were giving.Any additional comments?
This was an interesting read partly because many procedures that happened (or didn't happen) in the 70's really surprised me. How lax we were with student attendance versus how severe we were with essentially child criminals was the most surprising. I'm glad he made it through the whole ordeal.While his tone is very casual, his story is actually quite serious. It's interesting to listen to it read by the man who lived it, and I guess I expected more animation at certain moments. But he's just not that sort of guy!
Don't be fooled by his mild mannered tone!
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Rage and agony fill me at an unfathomable level
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