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Baby Boy Fisher was raised in institutions from the moment of his birth in prison to a single mother. He ultimately came to live with a foster family, where he endured near-constant verbal and physical abuse. In his mid-teens he escaped and enlisted in the navy, where he became a man of the world, raised by the family he created for himself. Finding Fish shows how, out of this unlikely mix of deprivation and hope, an artist was born -- first as the child who painted the feelings his words dared not speak, then as a poet and storyteller who would eventually become one of Hollywood's most…
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Editions
5 editions- Paperback · English · 2003Serpent's Tail · 352 pages · 9781852428327
- Other · English · 2003Thorndike Press · 535 pages · 9780786254934
- Other · English · 2002HarperCollins Publishers · 9780060527921
- Other · English · 2001Morrow · 339 pages · 9780688176990
- Other · English · 2001HarperCollins · 339 pages · 9780060007782
African American screenwritersAfrican AmericansBiographyFoster childrenSocial life and customsMotion picture producers and directorsLarge type booksAfrican americans, biography





