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Breakfast at Sally's: One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey

by Richard Lemieux

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ISBN13: 9781602397682
ISBN10: 1602397686
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Once a happily married businessman, avid golfer, and the proud owner of several luxury cars and three boats, conservative-minded Richard LeMieux saw his fortune change almost overnight. In this astonishingly heartfelt memoir, he describes his descent into homelessness and his struggle to survive personal and economic disaster. Evicted from his home in 2002 and living with his dog, Willow, in a beat-up old van, LeMieux finds himself penniless and estranged from his family and friends. He dines at the Salvation Army (aka Sally's), attempts suicide, and is treated at a mental hospital where he is diagnosed with depression.

Writing on a secondhand manual typewriter, first at a picnic table in a public park, and then wherever he can, LeMieux describes his odyssey and the quirky, diverse, and endearing cast of characters found among the homeless people of Bremerton, Washington, and, by extension, every-where else. Breakfast at Sally's is a rare inside-look at how the other America lives, and how one man, beaten down and alone, was able to reconnect, find good people, and ultimately, with their help, to persevere.

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The well-reviewed memoir of one man's descent into homelessness with an uplifting message that is essential for our time.

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"The book reads like a novel . . . But it has the ring of truth, and an uplifting message that endures."--The New York Times

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Richard LeMieux is a writer and ex-businessman and has been homeless to varying degrees for years. He is now a public speaker and travels to various events throughout America, talking about Breakfast at Sally's and his experiences as a homeless person. He and Willow lived together in Bremerton, Washington, until Willow's passing on November 21st, 2009.

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Luigi, January 3, 2011 (view all comments by Luigi)
"Sally's" is the Salvation Army,which served breakfast to the author during his time as a homeless man. Once well-to-do, Richard LeMieuex had fallen on hard times. This book is his autobiographical story of his time on the streets of Bremerton, Washington, and the people he spent time with. Homelessness is very foreign to most of us. We make think of the homeless as below us and worthy of contempt. This book brings us closer to the realization that they are like the rest of us, with our good qualities and our shortcomings.For many, the only real difference is that for the time being at least, we still have a regular paycheck and maybe a bank account. This would be a good book for the "One Book" programs that many colleges and communities sponsor.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781602397682
Author:
Lemieux, Richard
Publisher:
Skyhorse Publishing
Illustrator:
Gordon, Michael
Author:
LeMieux, Richard
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Biography - General
Copyright:
Publication Date:
20091031
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Six black-and-white photographs
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 1 in

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