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Life of a Bastard Vol. 1 Book Events Beijing, Chengdu, & Suzhou

Meet the Author of Life of a Bastard Vol. 1

Date: March 31, 2018    07:00PM -- March 31, 2018    08:30PM

Venue: The Bookworm BEIJING, Building 4, Nan Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027, P.R China, Beijing, CN

Website:http://beijingbookworm.com/

Date:April 21, 2018    07:30PM -- April 21, 2018    09:30PM

Venue: The Bookworm Chengdu, Yujie East Road 2-7#, Ren min South Road 28# （玉洁东街2-7号，人民南路28号）, Chengdu, CN

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Date:May 19, 2018    07:30PM -- May 31, 2018    09:00PM

Venue: The Bookworm Suzhou, 77 Gunxiufang, Shiquan Jie Suzhou (corner of Shi Quan Jie and Ping Qiao Zhi Lu) 苏州 十全街 滚绣坊 77 (十全街和平桥值街的路口）, Suzhou, CN

Website:http://www.suzhoubookworm.com/

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Life of a Bastard Vol. 1 “A Coming of Age Story in New York City’s Foster Care System” Book Series by Damien Black Illustrations by Laura Caiafa "An uncensored account of Javier Soto’s life as he journeys through foster care. The story tells of a deserted child, robbed of his innocence and tossed through the evils of a 1980s’ American society. With survival becoming the ultimate goal, will he ever break free from the world of institutionalization? " http://www.lifeofabastard.com Ebook and Paperback Links

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Life of a Bastard 2017-2018 (Happy New Year)

Dreams come true when you participate, and 2017 Life of a Bastard Book Series was released in paperback and ebook.It has been a learning experience with some of my rookie mistakes, and quality feedbacks and reviews have guided my next step with this series. Turning old journals into a readable book was not done alone but with the help of others and the inspiration from my friends and everyday people.Create anything put it out there you do open yourself up to criticism and sometimes downright dislike, grow from that! 

  Non-Fiction is not easy because there will be disagreements of events with someone screaming libel as they pick and choose what to be outraged about without reading everything and not judging it within the context, to them I say "keep reading." Volume 2 will be released in 2018 (new copy editor and proofreaders this time). Working on Life of a Bastard Vol. 1 audiobook ( learning the process ) and the Spanish version both will come out before vol.2 ( still an open job).

 Life is good; I am lucky I get to share "Life of a Bastard," and others share their creations with me. Pick up Dandelions by Jennifer Buck ( 5 Stars ) 

Create in 2018!

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Give the Gift of Reading

Life of a Bastard Vol.1

“A Coming of Age Story in New York City’s Foster Care System”

Book Series by Damien Black

Illustrations by Laura Caiafa

 Paperback & Ebook

 "An uncensored account of Javier Soto’s life as he journeys through foster care. The story tells of a deserted child, robbed of his innocence and tossed through the evils of a 1980s’ American society. With survival becoming the ultimate goal, will he ever break free from the world of institutionalization? "

 Life of a Bastard makes a great stocking stuffer.

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Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Booklocker, and Nook can be found on

http://www.lifeofabastard.com/

 Reviews on Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35847932-life-of-a-bastard

  Have a Safe Holiday Season

Thank You,

Damien Black

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A Father's Letter to a Bastard By Javier

It was jarring to receive a letter from my father it only took him two months to read Life of a Bastard, and he did have a response to the book.

 When we are part of someone's story, we hope to be portrayed in a good light or scorn the portrayal, we want hindsight and to attach our side to that story. Life of a Bastard Book series is not a journalism piece to capture all parties. It's a real coming of age story told from my point from that voice I had at that time.  Parents of foster care kids often want to downplay their part that led their child to enter foster care.  An absent parent doesn't want to hear the horrors their child faced without them. Without understanding the scars and the conflicts of their child they honestly never get to know them. So I will respond to my father here inserting excerpts from his letter without getting into the events of volume 2.

 “I did not know or had any idea of your situation. If I had known I would have come to your aid; Unfortunately, I was incarcerated.” 

 Plenty of times that he could have inquired about my well being from social workers or myself not once was there a question. How can one say if I had known I would have come to your aid and in the next line admit to being "incarcerated." that logic doesn't work even if he had known what could he had done? I restate this is a coming of age story no need for what if or I wish I did this or did that.

 “I finished reading your book, and a lot of things you mention in your book was offensive to me. One thing I need to clarify, I'm not a rapist.”

 Without getting into more details and how he (22 years old )  courted a teenage girl (14)  fresh from a mental institution in 1970 and how they loved each other and went to the movies. He needs to reflect what he wrote because it is insane.  No, he is not a rapist there was “consensual sex”,but he is standing on shaking grounds.

 “Listen you don't have to continue to carry the pain, hurt, and suffering from the past  [insert a bible quote  ]”

 We are our past; we are the lessons we take away from them. The scars will always be there we shouldn't shy away from them.I am made better for owning my pain and suffering and molding them into my state of happiness. I knew the world was cold and bleak when I was five, but I also knew that it is better to have hope and walk towards the light and never give up. As for Life of a Bastard, I share to the world with all its ugliness and hopefulness; it's not to settle scores but to tell a coming of age story all too hidden in America. Inspire others to write theirs and let them know a mischevious boy name Javier and what will happen to him, where does he go? Is there a happy ending to all of his misadventures.

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Chronicle Dates 10/5-10/7/2017

What a Wonderful Three Days!

Thank you for coming to my table and picking up Life of a Bastard Vo1.  Making friends these past three days was the highlight of this event.  Shanghai Comic Con was my first public event surrounded by amazing artists and writers, a truly humbling experience. I hope that you enjoy reading a "coming of age" story of Javier Soto and come back for volume 2.

I will keep you updated when theVol. 1 version comes out in Spanish and Chinese. Mostly likely volume 2 will be released fall/winter 2018. Special thanks to Jim for getting me to Shanghai, Candy for your assistance on the postcards, Sonia for the shirts, Kathy Mao for the moral support, and Kimberly for allowing me to host a table.

Thanks to Phillip, Egg Chen, Yana, Javier, Michelle, Carrie, Jacky, Caroline, Magnificent Bastard, Zovi, Jon, Renee Hill, Murtaza, Mike Loh, Studio Denka, and the cosplayers that posed with my book.

Life of a Bastard Book Series Social Media/ \Ebook and Paperback Amazon, Kindle, Kobo, Nook Links  http://www.lifeofabastard.com Questions and Media Inquiries [email protected] https://twitter.com/LifeofaBastard1 https://www.facebook.com/lifeofabastard/ https://www.instagram.com/lifeofabastardebook/

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Press Release: Life of a Bastard at Shanghai Comic Con Oct 5-7 2017

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Shanghai Comic Con 2017 Life of a Bastard Vol. 1

Shanghai Comic Convention 2017 October 5-7, 2017 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center 1099 Guo Zhan Road, Shanghai, China www.comiccon.com.cn

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Life of a Bastard Vol.1 Book Series by Damien Black Illustrations by Laura Caiafa

An uncensored account of Javier Soto’s life as he journeys through foster care. The story tells of a deserted child, robbed of his innocence and tossed through the evils of a 1980s’ American society. With survival becoming the ultimate goal, will he ever break free from the world of institutionalization?

Life of a Bastard Vol. 1 is published by Booklocker on Paperback and ebook

Available on Amazon, Kindle and other online retailers. http://www.lifeofabastard.com/ Media Inquiries: Contact Damien [email protected]

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