From poverty and abuse to mental illness and learning disabilities-the cards were truly stacked against the Crow family. The Pale-Faced Lie is genuinely a story of rising against the odds. The characters and the scenes were portrayed so vividly and honestly throughout that it was impossible to leave the story even when it was difficult to read the words and memories.
Even through the painful pages, there was a spirit and a resolve that propelled the novel forward and held me to the pages. The abuse and pain that the author and his siblings witnessed and endured were difficult to read as the author put his memories to the pages of this book. David Crow's words made my heart hurt from the first pages of this novel. The Pale-Faced Lie was difficult to read-but, impossible to put down. Most of all, it’s an inspirational story about the power of forgiveness and the ability of the human spirit to rise above adversity, no matter the cost. The Pale-Faced Lie is a searing, raw, palpable memoir that reminds us what an important role our parents play in our lives. 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. 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. Through sheer determination, and with the help of a few angels along the way, David managed to get into college and achieve professional success. Soon he remarried, and David learned that his stepmother was just as vicious and abusive as his father. One day, Thurston packed up the house and took the kids, leaving her with nothing. David’s mom, too mentally ill to care for her children, couldn’t protect him. 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.Ī shrewd con artist with a genius IQ, Thurston intimidated David with beatings to coerce him into doing his criminal bidding. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his three siblings idolized their dad.
0 kommentar(er)
