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Crisis, Pursued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe
Mike O'Connor
A Memoir of Life on the Run
Random House
September 2007
On Sale: August 21, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 0375504796
EAN: 9780375504792
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Throughout his childhood, Mike O’Connor’s family pretended
to be normal. But Mike and his two younger sisters knew that
their parents were hiding something–a secret they didn’t
dare talk about. The family appeared to be no different from
any of their small-town Texas neighbors–that is, until
suddenly, the O’Connor’s would flee, leaving with only a few
hours’ notice, abandoning houses and pets and possessions
and running across the border to Mexico. For all of Mike’s adolescence, O’Connor family life
alternated between relative comfort and abject
poverty–sometimes within a matter of days. From living in a
Texas ranch house to living in two rented rooms in an
impoverished Mexican village, the O’Connors never knew what
lay ahead–only that they must not draw attention to
themselves. Though their parents steadfastly denied it, the
children knew that something was chasing them–a past that
hovered like an invisible enemy, always waiting to strike,
always in pursuit. But it was not until much later, after his parents’ deaths,
that Mike O’Connor, now an investigative reporter, was able
to uncover the truth about his family’s past. As the secrets
were unlocked one by one and the long trail of deception
unfurled, Mike faced the heart-wrenching ramifications of
his parents’ actions–and made a discovery that shook his
family loyalty to its core. Full of incredible details of a life lived on both sides of
the border, in near-poverty and near-wealth, Mike O’Connor’s
account is a real-life suspense story of childhood mysteries
and strange circumstances that will enthrall readers to its
very end.
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