Overview

Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies--even murder. A shrewd con artist with a genius IQ, Thurston intimidated David with beatings to coerce him into doing his criminal bidding. David's mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn't protect him. One day, Thurston packed up the house and took the kids, leaving her nothing. Soon he remarried, and David learned that his stepmother was just as vicious and abusive as his father. Through sheer determination, and with the help of a few angels along the way, David managed to get into college and achieve professional success. When he finally found the courage to stop helping his father with his criminal activities, he unwittingly triggered a plot of revenge that would force him into a showdown with Thurston Crow. With lives at stake, including his own, David would have only twenty-four hours to outsmart his father--the brilliant, psychotic man who bragged that the three years he spent in the notorious San Quentin State Prison had been the easiest time of his life.

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"""A compellingly and graphically written memoir about a supremely dysfunctional family."" -- ""Albuquerque Journal"" ""A disturbing yet captivating memoir about how one man's psychotic delusions can imprison an entire family."" -- ""New York Journal of Books"" ""A hard-hitting, gut-punch memoir that should be on any reading list about family relationships and abuse, true crime, and Native American culture and interrelationships."" -- ""Midwest Book Review"" ""Delivers a truthful and ultimately empowering missive about the long shadow cast by an abusive parent."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""His compelling and heart-wrenching memoir rises above the horror as a powerful testimony to the enduring strength of the human spirit."" -- ""Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author"" [Crow] has considerable wisdom to impart and an unexpected ending that will linger in memory."" -- ""Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author"""

""A compellingly and graphically written memoir about a supremely dysfunctional family."" -- ""Albuquerque Journal"" ""A disturbing yet captivating memoir about how one man's psychotic delusions can imprison an entire family."" -- ""New York Journal of Books"" ""A hard-hitting, gut-punch memoir that should be on any reading list about family relationships and abuse, true crime, and Native American culture and interrelationships."" -- ""Midwest Book Review"" ""Delivers a truthful and ultimately empowering missive about the long shadow cast by an abusive parent."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""His compelling and heart-wrenching memoir rises above the horror as a powerful testimony to the enduring strength of the human spirit."" -- ""Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author"" [Crow] has considerable wisdom to impart and an unexpected ending that will linger in memory."" -- ""Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author""

Author Information

David Crow spent his early years on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. Through grit, resilience, and a thirst for learning, he managed to escape his abusive childhood, graduate from college, and build a successful lobbying firm in Washington, DC. Today, David is a sought-after speaker, giving talks to various businesses and trade organizations around the world. Throughout the years, he has mentored over 200 college interns, performed pro bono service for the charitable organization Save the Children, and participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. David and his wife, Patty, live in the suburbs of DC. Kaipo Schwab is an actor, director, and producer who has worked at the Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Public Theater, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, GeVa Theater, Pan Asian Rep, and New York Theatre Workshop. In 2004 he directed part of ABC's Cultural Diversity Showcase. His film and television credits include Anesthesia, Fair Game, The Royal Tenenbaums, It Could Happen to You, All My Children, The Protector, Law & Order, New York Undercover, Can Openers, Rescue Me, and Cosby. He can also be seen on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black playing the role of prison medic, Igme Dimaguiba. Audiobook credits include Jimmy Breslin's The Good Rat (2009 Benjamin Franklin Award winner), Walter Dean Myers' We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart (2013 Audie nomination) and Marilyn Singer's Full Moon Is Rising. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, he attended the British American Drama Academy and is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts. Kaipo and his wife, Hope, live in New York City with their son, Giovanni, and their one-eyed pug, Wink.

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