Finding Fish, Antwone Q. Fisher
Finding Fish, Antwone Q. Fisher
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Finding Fish

Author: Antwone Q. Fisher

Narrator: Alton Fitzgeral White

Abridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 12/13/2005


Synopsis

Antwone Quenton Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment his single mother gave birth to him in prison. As a foster child, he suffered more than a dozen years of emotional abandonment and physical abuse, until he escaped and forged a life on the streets. And just as his life was about to hit rock bottom, Antwone enlisted in the U.S. Navy—a decision that would ultimately save him. There, he became a man and discovered a loving family he never had. Through it all, Antwone refused to allow his spirit to be broken and never gave up his dreams of a better day.A miraculous true story of one courageous man’s journey from abandonment and abuse to extraordinary success, here is a modern-day, African-American Oliver Twist you will never forget.Performed by Alton Fitzgerald White.

About Antwone Q. Fisher

Antwone Fisher is the author of the New York Times bestseller Finding Fish. He is also the screenwriter of the film Antwone Fisher, based on his life and directed by Academy Award winner Denzel Washington. Fisher lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.

About Alton Fitzgeral White

Alton Fitzgerald White has starred on Broadway in Miss Saigon, Tommy, Smokey Joe's Café, and Ragtime. He has appeared on London's West End and many American concert stages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brianne on July 10, 2012

Finding Fish was a book that my social worker MIL had around that she'd had to read for school, and suggested I read it, since I'm also a social work student. It sat around until I had a dry spell between library runs; I wasn't as interested as I wanted to be. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it......more

Goodreads review by Dave on August 17, 2007

I actually have an autographed copy of this book; fantastic memoir about overcoming abuse; he's from cleveland; he came and spoke at event i went to and i went to a book signing of his; amazing story; he talked about how the screenplay to this book (became the movie with Denzell) that he wrote was t......more

Goodreads review by Cherisa on September 30, 2021

Fathered by a 23 year old man killed by a pregnant girlfriend who had a restraining order and two daughters by him already, and born posthumously in prison to an unwed teenage mother, Antwone starts life deeply disadvantaged. A ward of the state of Ohio from his birth, we get Antwone's story in two......more

Goodreads review by James on June 08, 2009

Antwone's early life is a filled with textbook examples of causes which lead to a life of crime, drugs and poverty. He grew in a foster home where it was made apparent to him he was just a means to get money from the state and nothing more. He grew up in an impoverished Cleveland neighborhood where......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on May 23, 2013

Finding Fish by Antwone Quenton Fisher is a heart wrenching story about a young boy, Antwone Fisher, and his journey from being put into foster homes at birth, he goes from feeling unwanted, and unloved, to feeling important, and meaningful to others. Antwone was originally put into an orphanage af......more