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Beautifully Wrecked: Lives Altered by an Unexpected Collision
Beautifully Wrecked Lives Altered by an Unexpected Collision Author:Various These San Diego people lived in the secret shadows of their own wrecked lives ... First speed, then cocaine, then meth. Now single and pregnant unloved and unlovable, Katie, a hopeless addict, couldn t wreck her life any more than this. Or could she? The San Diego streets sucked Marco in like fumes to a crack pipe. In and out of juvie, this vio... more »lent gang member turned felon assault with a deadly weapon kicked his crime sprees into high gear. A drug dealer addicted to meth, he was proud his gang chose him to splatter fear at rival gang hangouts with drive-by bullets. Even when slammed with a 10-year prison term with a pregnant wife at home, Marco refused to change course ... For almost a week, young Marissa had planned her suicide. The pills were stashed safely at home in the medicine cabinet, waiting for their big moment ... every remaining minute that she lived seemed tragically epic in some way. She ticked off each event as her last. Her last homework assignment. Her last bedtime. Her last breakfast. Her eating disorder ate her insides, and she could not crawl out of the wreckage of her failed life. Seven true riveting stories of people in San Diego. Seven lives, each careening towards a disastrous, tragic end. Until beautifully altered by an unexpected collision.« less