Rolling Pennies in the Dark: A Memoir with a Message Douglas MacKinnon

A heartbreaking and inspirational memoir of one man’s journey from abject childhood poverty and abuse to a high-level career as a White House writer.With humor, compassion, faith, and brutal honesty, Douglas MacKinnon tells his story of life below the poverty line and how he struggled to overcome his childhood. He shares poignant stories of his childhood, including one about rolling pennies by candlelight because the electricity had once again been cut off, and he had to pay for his little sister’s medication. At one point, his alcoholic parents abandoned him and his two siblings for five days in the middle of winter, with no food, heat, or electricity. But as Doug grew, his determination to survive grew with him. Despite being accepted to the Air Force Academy directly after high school, he made the difficult decision to stay close to home so he could look after his younger sister. He discovered that his heart belonged in the political arena; for it was there, he believed, that he could work for real change and bring help to those who suffered as he did as a child. Rolling Pennies in the Dark reminds readers that it is possible to grow up in deplorable conditions and still find success. MacKinnon offers real solutions to our nation’s growing poverty problem. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Rolling Pennies in the Dark: A Memoir with a Message (Douglas MacKinnon)