Lucky's Flashbacks

About the Book

The dialogue is Lucky having flashbacks of his life. There is tragedy and inspiration, this story has sex and secrets, trauma and illustrations. Lucky didn't know if he would make it to ten years old, but as you read on, he does it step by step right before your eyes. Lucky becomes a man by six years old, facing a choice to live or die. Lucky chooses to live, so what went wrong? Oh don't get his family wrong they all loved lucky, but no one was there for him. He still wishes someone would give him a hug. Lucky has run away about tree times to go looking for his mother or his auntie. Out of those three times he found his aunt at around one or two a.m. Lucky is too scared to ring the bell. Lucky falls asleep in Mt. Morris Park, Lucky didn't care, a police car was shining a flashlight in his face. He told the policeman that he was too scared to ring the bell. The policeman went and rang the bell for lucky, telling him "Don't do that again, son." I said okay. Now Lucky is happy, he is with his auntie and Uncle Freddie. Another time Lucky ran away because a male friend of his older cousin spanked him. Lucky runs down the stairs and hides under the stairs. He was lonely and wished he could see where his mother or auntie was at.

About the Author

Born in New York City, appeared in two plays after a tour in Vietnam in 1970, was a cook at summer camp for the YMCA, worked at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y. during the taping of the Motown Show in 1984-85. He moved to Milwaukee in 1990 and auditioned for Star Search in 1992. Roger appeared in two plays in Milwaukee; one with the Hansberry Bands Theater in 1999 and a Capital Production. He has acute asthma.