Such a shocking childhood

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This book is really good and is told from the perspective of Mikel roughly 5 years old. He shares all of his experiments from the time that his mother and grandparents rescue him and his older brother from the Synanon. His mother is a bit unstable and suffers from severe depression (or deep russian as Mikel calls it). He is in a complete culture shock as he relearns the whole world around him. All he knows is the life inside of Synanon and the life outside of Synanon and they are very very different places. He never really understands what is happening to him and his brother. I did find it a bit hard to follow at times because the book is so well written in the perspective of his younger self. It literally sounds as if Mikel is telling the story when he is younger even with some random thoughts and mindless wondering. Overall, this memoir was really great!