Young Offender: My Life from Armed Robber to Local Hero by Michael Maisey: Used

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Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Publication Date
2019-10-01
Pages
320
ISBN
9781529005479
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Pan Macmillan
ISBN-10
1529005477
ISBN-13
9781529005479
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038396863

Product Key Features

Book Title
Young Offender
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Organized Crime, Criminals & Outlaws
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Michael Maisey
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
7.8 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
'A memoir to shine a light in the darkest of nights . . . a story of redemption' - journalist Tony Parsons. Michael Maisey was excited the day he was locked up in the notorious Feltham Young Offenders Institute. He was going to be a legend to all his mates. The sixteen year old was in for attempted murder. He was innocent of this particular crime but amongst the violent and dangerous young men on his wing he was about to learn exactly how far he'd go to survive. In Young Offender we see what turned a good kid into a wanted criminal. Abused by his uncle, bullied at school, at the age of twelve he found the safety he craved in the ranks of a local gang in West London. He graduated from shoplifting to armed robbery and for five years Michael was in and out of Feltham, on a downward spiral of crime and drug and alcohol addiction. At rock bottom, he began attending AA meetings. But the road to recovery would mean changing himself in the deepest possible ways. Could Michael finally learn what it meant to be a good man? Honest and inspiring, this is a powerful story of redemption. Today Michael is a successful businessman and a loving father who spends time helping others find their way. 'Courageous and brutally honest' - Ollie Ollerton, ex-Special Forces soldier, author of Break Point ., From shy, abused child to one of London's most wanted teenage armed robbers, this is the extraordinary story of one man's fight to leave his criminal past behind., Michael Maisley grew up during the late nineties on the Ivy Bridge Estate in Isleworth, west London. Abandoned by his father and abused by his uncle, scared and wanting to feel as if he belonged, he fell in with a local gang. He started drinking, taking drugs and shoplifting. By the time he was fifteen he was an armed robber. When a poorly planned raid on his local corner shop went wrong, he was sent to the infamous Feltham Young Offenders Institute. Michael's first stint in Feltham left him hardened. Assigned to the Quail Wing, home to the institute's most violent and dangerous offenders, he soon established his place in the system. Over the next five years, Michael became one of London's most wanted armed robbers. In and out of prison, he was accused of drug-dealing, assault and even attempted murder. Totally dependent on drugs and alcohol, he was subjected to a controversial detox programme which ended in a failed suicide attempt. At rock bottom, he began attending AA meetings. But a drug-deal gone wrong left him with an ultimatum - change or die. Could he leave his criminal past behind? A Boy with a Gun is a powerful story of redemption by a man who found the strength to turn his life around and - with no qualifications - to become a successful businessman and loving father.
LC Classification Number
HV6944

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