Mikel Jollett is the lead singer of the Indie rock group, The Toxic Airborne Event. He was born into the infamous Synanon cult in California and was promptly separated from his parents to be raised by strangers as a "child of the universe", until his mother grabs him and his older brother, Tony, to make a grand escape. This is a beautifully written memoir about discovering family and recovering from trauma. Jollett's father is a charismatic character who recovers from a drug addiction in order to raise his two troubled sons. His mother struggles with a mental illness that he only fully recognizes as an adult. At times, this book seems long and like it could have been edited down a little bit more but even then, it is one of the best memoir's that I have read this year. I received a physical ARC of this book through the Bookish First program in exchange for an honest review.
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