Trailer Park Parable

A Memoir of How Three Brothers Strove to Rise Above Their Broken Past, Find Forgiveness, and Forge a Hopeful Future

Attempted murder victim told the Brainerd Dispatch she believes her sixteen-year-old son saved her.

This is the news article detailing the event that would drastically change Tyler Zed's life and that of his family forever.

Growing up in a small town in Minnesota, Tyler and his two brothers filled their days with chaotic fun, from playing hockey to building forts to making their own home movies. The household was also full of addiction and abuse that ultimately led to their father attempting to murder their mother on Christmas Eve 2007.

Trailer Park Parable follows Tyler and his family before Christmas Eve 2007, the events leading to that night, and the years afterward. It trails the boys as they deal with varying degrees of PTSD and their own battles with addiction, before they eventually turned their creative coping mechanisms, like their YouTube channels, into million-subscriber successes.

From living in a trailer park to running a multi-million-dollar business, Trailer Park Parable highlights a true, American-dream story, countering a popular narrative that tells us you may as well not even try, the system is rigged against you.

©2024 Tyler Zed (P)2024 Tantor

Honestly is hard

It’s very hard to be honest with your friends, your family, and yourself. It was good to hear an honest story of what life can throw at you and your family.

Tyler did not make him self or anyone out to be a hero or even a villain, but he was direct with the facts of life that many people refuse to see and admit.

Addictions suck, and when you are addicted, you can’t see how it impacts others, you just keep medicating yourself.

I think he addressed his situation that way rather than just pointing his finger at somebody and calling them evil. Very mature attitude and he has processed the situation amazingly.

A story worth being told

I enjoyed the book. It covered some heavy issues that many can relate to, without prescribing what others should do. To me it's refreshing to have someone just tell their story so you can relate it to your own life and not have it turn into a self help book. To be clear, there are examples of what helped the author.

Amazing story of survival and success!

Tyler is one of my favorite youtubers, now a favorite author as well! As he tells the story of his childhood, it almost feels like you grew up next door to him or they were the family everyone knew but didn't know.
Great job Tyler!!

Couldn't stop; listened through from beginning to end.

I loved hw open Tyler was with his past trauma and uphill grinds of a family of limited means yet he never let this stop him from overcoming. Great book! ❤️

Story of the events that created my favorite YouTube personality.

Zed tells his life story in a captivating way that let's you connect to the story.