William Austen

<p>Contained within these pages is not a story. Rather it holds the confession of a man born into hardship raised in dire straits and hardened by a life filled with turmoil and abuse. It feels good to be powerful but at what cost... discover the</p><p>riveting true-life tale of William Austen </p><p>Based on the life story of William Austen. Through the trauma of being bullied at school we journey into his defiant decision to join a street gang and learn to fight. After serving in the military he returns home and finds love with a young girl from an abusive home. Together they run and turn to crime. This is a story of gangsterism drug culture and broken people. It holds the confession of a man born into hardship raised in dire straits and hardened by a life filled with turmoil and abuse. It is a true life tale of love and loss framed by vicious urges towards violence crime and rampant drug abuse. William is enveloped by the need to BE something in a world that regards him as nothing. He finds purpose and meaning in the grace</p><p>of a stranger. His journey reveals his troubled relationship with his father as he struggles to make amends.</p>