100 years : a journey to end a vicious cycle by Baynard, Mark L instant download

100 years : a journey to end a vicious cycle by Baynard, Mark L instant download

viii, 280 pages ; 21 cm, \"100 Years, A Journey to End a Vicious Cycle is a true story of courage, determination, and the will to make positive changes. Mark knows the streets inside and out. As a teenager, living in a housing project, he got involved with drugs and the streets. This behavior eventually led him to prison. While in the process of changing his life, Mark was faced with a harsh reality. He realized that his family wasted more than one hundred years in prison. Mark shares his journey as he attempts to end this curse. Mark's journey can be used as a testament of how to overcome the many obstacles one may face after being released from prison. Giving up is not an option for Mark\"--Back cover, Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- One hundred years -- Whose problem is it? -- My single parent mother -- Street exposure -- Seed planted -- Hustling -- Drug use & arrest -- A master plan -- Making a pickup -- Return to prison -- Life on the compound -- My last honor visit -- Life after prison -- Met Malinda -- Vicious cycle continues -- Ending the curse -- Epilogue -- References