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Waynes Meltdown Memoir!! Reviewed honestly for the 3rd time.
Anonymous:
Another
--- Quote ---First Friday AW Review: A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School by Wayne Kernochan
I’ve done a lot of book reviews, but I’ve never read a nonfiction book more painful and eye-opening than Wayne Kernochan’s book. His memories are laid down bare, and the narrative is a staccato, matter-of-fact voice, almost like an old-fashioned light-bulb interrogation in a faded police movie.
The abuse he describes during his years at the Elan school is shocking and sad. I can’t imagine anyone benefiting from beatings, emotional abuse and humiliation, let alone an entire facility thinking this program would be a good idea for teenagers with emotional problems. The description is powerful, and occasionally it literally is blow-by-blow as teens are beaten for hours or forced to fight with each other.
His recollections paint a vivid picture of inmates in charge of the asylum, ramping up the violence through control and frustration. There’s no mention of licensed therapists or other professionals intervening, which should be a chilling thought to any parent.
Even with the epilogue mentioning that the school finally closed in 2011, there doesn’t seem to be a happy ending here, and one would imagine that most of the kids processed through this facility suffer from PTSD at the least. Kernochan himself mentions that he went on to prison afterward.
As for the book’s style, I was a bit lost in the beginning, but that may have been the author’s choice to simulate his own innocence going into Elan. His personal history is mentioned later in the book, but I think it could be even more effective interspersed between the memories of Elan, showing his life before, during and even afterward. All together, it’s a young life torn asunder by ignorance and aggression, recorded for history’s sake by one brave survivor.
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Anonymous:
I respect Michael's review, but he's not a writer. Most of these people are
Jenna Glatzer writes books on writing Danjo
Anonymous:
Thent there's this
--- Quote ---Danny Bennison
I have read Waynes book as many here. I will not be trying to compete with his writing skills nor length of his book. He beats me hands down. The book was mesmerizing to say the least.
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You admitted to writing it Dan
--- Quote ---Moving on, post #8 above is in fact my writing. It was in response to his story. The second post #9 (The Manifesto) as Wayne calls it and says is mine was written by Mark Babbitz and Wayne himself. It is a parody and you can see this if you go to the Elan Site "I went to the Elan School" discussion forum and also if you go to the site "Fornits Wayward Fora" go to the Elan Forum. You can tell in the Fornits Site that it is not
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Anonymous:
Here's the best review of all Dan
--- Quote ---# Title A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School
ASIN B007055KA8
Units Sold 1187
Units Refunded 2
Net Units Sold 1185
Units Borrowed 4229
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I get $2.25 per sale abd according to Amazon's KDP newsletter $1.60 per borrow
Yep, this is a lot of money Dan, and you know who I'm giving it to?
None of your business :nods:
I will have to pay the rent now that I'm making this kind of money, but my other books will cover that. The best part is you have to shut your stupid abusive mouth about me being disabled
Thanks for not shutting your face about the book though. You're all the promotion I needed :rofl:
Anonymous:
Done with this conversation Dan?
Nice yakking with ya
:shamrock:
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