Summertime in Murdertown How I Survi..., David Gunn
Summertime in Murdertown How I Survi..., David Gunn
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Summertime in Murdertown: How I Survived Where the Best Die

Author: David Gunn

Narrator: David Gunn

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/13/2019


Synopsis

Born and raised in Flint, Michigan, David Gunn is proud to have grown up in a city facing constant adversity, and to represent a community whose government knowingly poisoned its citizens for years. Now, he pulls back the curtain on Flint―like only those born and raised there can do. His advice is poignant and timely, and urges readers to never stop working through the struggle. To not create a back-up plan, and to cross the bridge and burn it behind them. To define the things they want and run toward them.Like Laura Jane Grace's Tranny and Rob Rufus' Die Young With Me, Summertime in Murdertown is part memoir, part ethnography. It sheds light on what it means to grow up amid constant violence and poverty and serves as a voice to those struggling to survive as we navigate this unpredictable and often cruel world in search of inspiration.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on April 25, 2019

I purchased the book directly from King’s website. I’m someone who reads hundreds of books and can honestly say this is one of the best books I’ve ever read. You don’t need to be a fan of the band or even know them to like this, however if you are a fan of the band you will definitely like this. I t......more

Goodreads review by Bookslut69 on May 05, 2019

This is an excellent memoir from a man that has lived with constant struggle and hardships his entire life, and still do to this day. The book heavily focus on the place David Gunn grew up in and still resides, Flint Michigan "The most dangerous city in America". Flint will not just resemble a geogr......more

Goodreads review by Malinda graves on August 31, 2021

Good read; King810 family Anyone that loves King810 or David Gunn should read this. It’s important to understand their origins and background. Outside if that it touches on real issues the people of flint have experienced and are still experiencing.......more

Goodreads review by Marie-Josee on May 22, 2020

David Gunn / Yavid is endlessly compelling. The atypical challenges of those living in Flint (especially David and the people whom he did and does keep close) display the layers of human behaviour, response, and the concept that the environment is evertelling in how one will respond. David shares st......more

Goodreads review by Matt on October 18, 2024

An exceptional, candid memoir composed of miscellaneous, journal-like excerpts by David Gunn. A telling of indigent and unforgiving upbringing on the inexorably grim streets of Flint, Michigan. Reminded me bittersweetly of many similarities I shared in my own childhood upbringing and adolescence and......more