Hollywood
Park
by Mikel Jollett
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"Mikel Jollett, the front
man of indie band Airborne Toxic Event, chronicles his tumultuous life. Jollett
was born into one of the country’s most infamous cults and subjected to a
childhood filled with poverty, addiction and emotional abuse. What comes
through the pages is a story of fierce love and family loyalty. This moving and
profound memoir is for anyone who loves a good redemption story."
—Good
Morning America, 20 Books We're Excited for in 2020
"The frontman of rock band
Airborne Toxic Event chronicles, in gorgeous and exacting lyricism, his
harrowing coming-of-age within (and eventual escape from) the Church of
Synanon, a violent religious cult."
—O,
The Oprah Magazine, The 30 Most Anticipated Books of 2020 (so Far)
“Jollett engagingly narrates
his story...result[ing] in a shocking but contemplative memoir about the
aftermath of an unhealthy upbringing.”
—Publishers
Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
HOLLYWOOD
PARK is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into
one of the country’s most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled
with poverty, addiction, and emotional abuse. Yet, ultimately, his is a story
of fierce love and family loyalty told in a raw, poetic voice that signals the
emergence of a uniquely gifted writer.
We were never young. We were
just too afraid of ourselves. No one told us who we were or what we were or
where all our parents went. They would arrive like ghosts, visiting us for a
morning, an afternoon. They would sit with us or walk around the grounds, to
laugh or cry or toss us in the air while we screamed. Then they’d disappear
again, for weeks, for months, for years, leaving us alone with our memories and
dreams, our questions and confusion. …
So begins Hollywood Park, Mikel
Jollett’s remarkable memoir. His story opens in an experimental commune in
California, which later morphed into the Church of Synanon, one of the
country’s most infamous and dangerous cults. Per the leader’s mandate, all
children, including Jollett and his older brother, were separated from their
parents when they were six months old, and handed over to the cult’s “School.”
After spending years in what was essentially an orphanage, Mikel escaped the
cult one morning with his mother and older brother. But in many ways, life
outside Synanon was even harder and more erratic.
In his raw, poetic and powerful
voice, Jollett portrays a childhood filled with abject poverty, trauma,
emotional abuse, delinquency and the lure of drugs and alcohol. Raised by a
clinically depressed mother, tormented by his angry older brother, subjected to
the unpredictability of troubled step-fathers and longing for contact with his
father, a former heroin addict and ex-con, Jollett slowly, often painfully,
builds a life that leads him to Stanford University and, eventually, to finding
his voice as a writer and musician.
Hollywood Park is told at first
through the limited perspective of a child, and then broadens as Jollett begins
to understand the world around him. Although Mikel Jollett’s story is filled
with heartbreak, it is ultimately an unforgettable portrayal of love at its
fiercest and most loyal.
Product
details
Print Length : 384 pages
Publisher :
Celadon Books (May 26, 2020)
Publication Date : May 26, 2020
Sold by : Amazon.com Services
LLC
Language : English
ASIN : B07YLJZVYD
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