Spiral: Murder * Madness * Meditation: Misery * Madness * Meditation - Softcover

Bridges, R. Troy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998770922 ISBN 13: 9780998770925

Verlag: Bar Nothing Books LLC, 2021

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Spiral is one man's story of the true cost of greenbacks stolen, the interest accrued and his path to redemption. Born to poor and alcoholic parents, Spiral follows the twists and turns of Troy Bridges' life from a South Carolina childhood to a sentence of life without parole. In his many bank heists, Troy never used violence or carried a weapon. Instead he would dress in a suit purchased from a local thrift store and hand the bank teller a note asking for money. Fleeing the bank he would quickly discard the suit and fade into a life of leisure for a few weeks or months until the money ran out. If you've ever wondered what it is like to rob a bank and get away with a bag of cash and an exploding dye pack, or live life on the run, or spend years in prison, or escape from prison multiple times, you'll find this book fascinating. If you've ever wondered how you could turn your life around, this is Troy's compelling story of how, through meditation, an epiphany, and service to others, he found peace in the chaotic brutality of America's prisons. Twenty years in the writing, the first draft of Spiral didn't survive the penal system. Meanwhile, the younger guard, who hadn’t even been born when I came to prison, had been quietly reading my manuscript. He looked up. “This ain’t legal material. This some kinda book.” “Well, thank you,” I said. “It’s nothin but bullshit! You think you’re so smart! I’ll tell you what, Slick, you can’t have it.” He pushed the manuscript and daily journal to the far side of the counter. Then, as if afraid that I might lunge across the counter for it, he picked it up, turned, then purposely walked around the counter and dumped it all in the large trash barrel. Although at first he doesn't think he can face the task, Troy starts from scratch and writes his memoir again. Spiral is full of vivid characters and the reality of bad choices and life in prison, and yet, in many ways, it is an uplifting book about a man overcoming himself to make a meaningful life under the most difficult of circumstances.

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Given Troy Bridges' childhood, "author" is perhaps the least likely title one would expect to find attached to his name. He was born in 1948 to severely alcoholic parents who moved frequently, were usually broke, often abusive, and occasionally tender. When Troy emerged from this chaotic upbringing he almost managed to stay with a hitch in the Marines, but a final betrayal by his parents sent him AWOL. Following this came a period in which he often supported himself by robbing banks. Although he was jailed many times he always escaped-until he didn't. At that point he began wondering why his life turned out the way it did. Troy's self-reflection, assisted by meditation techniques he learned from a book he chanced to pick up in a prison corridor, allowed him to transform his life. He now leads meditation groups for other prisoners and expresses himself through painting. Spiral is his first book. Deemed a nonviolent offender, he is due to be released in 2030.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bar Nothing Books LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0998770922
• ISBN 13: 9780998770925
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 356
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