Book Summary
Migrating to a foreign land can shape you in ways you hardly expect. Distasteful food, uncertain working conditions, and alien lifestyles that play havoc on the senses. But nothing compares to the biggest shock of all: returning home. After immersing himself in Japanese society for two decades, Darrell Gartrell suddenly found himself yanked back to the dog-eat-dog world of the United States . Shunned by big business, he immediately was overwhelmed by urban survival, bootstrap self-employment, and the degradation of his once-distinguished family. Now, Gartrell shares his struggle to integrate back into American society; a land as alien to him today as Japan was 20 years before. With gut-punching honesty, he boldly tackles some of America’s most familiar foes: structural racism, police violence, as well as his own unresolved demons.