The Ugly One in the Middle

An Adoptee's Wicked and Witty Search for Identity and Love

By: Alex Stan Campbell

Narrated by: Stan Campbell

Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

I was nearly famous, but that is another story for my next autobiography. This is the true story of my reckless, adulterous, drunken life in the radio and record business, from rural Cape Breton Island to Nashville and Hollywood, as I attempted to discover the identity of two women that I desperately needed to find. One was my elusive birth mother and the other, the perfect angelic, sexy, wild woman of my dreams. My search through multiple marriages and shocking affairs ended with more surprises than I had anticipated.

My childhood was unique and likely left me with mental scars. After all, how many kids get to help place their uncle in a coffin...and then take him back out again? Then, there was the guy who essentially “decomposed” in my bed. What really screwed up was having to sleep on that same stained mattress. No wonder I drank rubbing alcohol after school.

I attempted to avoid writing a dry memoir. This is a story...almost like a novel, with a climax. Actually, there are a number of climaxes in this story, like during my ill-advised affair with the sheriff’s wife and the date with a killer.

You may find it fall-down funny, or you may weep, or both. There is a chance you may demand my stoning in the town square. On the positive side, you could consider this book a self-help manual, with a litany of hazards to avoid.

Because I am a radio guy and a voice actor, I chose to be my own narrator. Besides, I saved a few thousand dollars.

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Pure entertainment from start to finish

In The Ugly One in the Middle, Alex Stan Campbell professes repeatedly that he cannot keep a secret. That trait serves this story well as his honest candor takes the reader on a wild ride thought a life lived rather recklessly. As the tale enfolds, the reader comes to understand why Campbell behaves as he does as he searches for purpose and meaning - and a connection to family and true love - in his life. Hilarity, touching moments, and the author’s questionable decisions at times provide pure entertainment. There is no “spoiler alert,” because you can’t make up the details of Campbells life, you’re simply along for the wild ride. Love and family prevail in the end and the laughs along the way will lift your spirit. As for the recording, the delivery, audio and production are top notch. Do yourself a favor and take a listen to The Ugly One in the Middle. There’s never a dull moment here.

I tried!

As a fellow adoptee, I really tried to like this book. The author has a fantastic voice and read his own book spectacularly. He definitely has “a voice for radio”.

His justifications for cheating on his spouse and his ability to easily blame a child for “seducing” him was where we parted ways.

He’s just another typical male, in a a male-dominated industry, who blames “the times” for his horrible life choices. He is the epitome of “a man is only as faithful as his options” and he chased options more than he chased faithfulness. His kids deserved a better father.

He needs to get adoption trauma-informed. I suggest he reads “The Primal Wound”.