• Memoir-Ries

  • Secret to a Happy Life: Musings from a Lunatic
  • By: Adrian Carlisle
  • Narrated by: Adrian Carlisle
  • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Memoir-Ries

By: Adrian Carlisle
Narrated by: Adrian Carlisle
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This book is equal parts self-help and hilarious reality written by a funny lunatic - the last guru you will ever need, folks, right in this book. Adrian, yup that’s me, writing in the third person like well...a crazy person (calm down it's OK for you to laugh at my crazy) - he has written an inspiring tale of survival and not becoming just another victim or statistic. This book details serious childhood and adulthood trauma from physical, verbal, and sexual abuse to bullying in school and growing up poor with a tyrant of a father in the hot streets of Miami, Florida, and into adulthood in Denver, Colorado.

You will hear what it was like to survive these events as well as Adrian’s challenging adulthood having to live with and overcome mental illness, PTSD, bipolar 1 as well as physical ailments, homelessness and even addiction as well as the loss of his mother; this book details not only the horrors he has survived but it is also a swan song to a loving mother who suffered alongside him and only ever wanted for her son to be happy. His quick wit and very sick sense of humor keeps the book funny and upbeat with plenty of jokes inspiring both strength and hope to not give up and truly shine as a human being.

If you want to know the back story to the cover picture you will have to dive in to a book that is written with brutal humorous honesty, or you can go to the back of the bookstore like a cheapskate, read that chapter and put the book back on the shelf - but you won’t do that. Look at how adorable I was and still am, of course I wrote my own summary - now buy me, yes this is blatant pandering, I’ve got nothing left to lose, so jump in and enjoy the ride that I had to live so that you could listen to it and tell your friends to buy a copy too. Or get the print version, which makes a great crooked table leveler.

©2019 Jennifer O'Neil (P)2019 Jennifer O'Neil

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Life struggles told with pain and humor.

A heartbreaking story told with some humor. Lots of good points made about the many situations Adrian found himself in and how he’s overcome his struggles. You can hear his pain at times. A very helpful and informative book about the trials and tribulations of life and the people around us.

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What a crazy guy!!!

I recommend this book to everyone! He is such a goofball and always makes me laugh! I love that he speaks in emojis!

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