The Chosen Journey

About the Book

This is a memoir detailing the author’s rise from poverty and despair in New York’s famed Spanish Harlem to a life filled with cherished moments in time, people and places. Along the way, the author meets many fascinating people, both famous and some not-famous. Some are helpful to this young Latino male seeking wisdom and experience; others are outright manipulative and self-serving. Some remarkable family members are described and each of the their contributions to the author’s development is also detailed. The author does not miss recent important milestones in history including the events of 9/11 and its tragic effects on his family. From a socio-cultural perspective, the triumphs and challenges a Puerto Rican continues to face in today’s society are well detailed in this book and serves to provide a quasi-anthropological study into human behavior. While the subject of meeting famous people is a major theme in this book, the response by the author is what makes its reading compelling and intriguing.

About the Author

Roberto Tirado has been involved in the entertainment field since the age of 14 when his father introduced him to the many well known celebrities that used his dry cleaning services. He knew that he wanted to be recognized as well as these celebrities at some time in his life. His parents made sure that he received piano and music lessons at the public schools he attended. What many people did not know was that Roberto also wrote stories in a composition book he kept hidden for a long time. These were “secret” stories that were meant to be read by him alone until the time he felt it was time to write a book and include them!