Born on Elm Street

He was eleven when his mother was institutionalized in the state hospital, sixteen when he dropped out of high school, twenty-four when the event occurred that triggered his illness, and forty-two when he graduated from college and worked as a substitute teacher.

Born on Elm Street is the author's account of a lifetime struggle to survive and succeed, both against very long odds. Always with candor, and the courage to reveal personal events, it is an unusual memoir of family and the strange roads traveled in the search for peace.