Finding Fish

ISBN-13:	9780060007782
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	12/18/2001
Series:	Harper Perennial
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	171,606
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.79(d)
Lexile:	1080L (what's this?)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his mid-teens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself.Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born — first as the child who painted the feelings his words dared not speak, then as a poet and storyteller who would eventually become one of Hollywood's most sought-after screenwriters.A tumultuous and ultimately gratifying tale of self-discovery written in Fisher's gritty yet melodic literary voice, Finding Fish is an unforgettable reading experience.