Publisher Description
A self-help book like no other. From the author of the best-selling 'Hard Time', and seen on Locked Up Abroad, Shaun Attwood took his business degree to Phoenix, Arizona, where he became an award winning stockbroker and then a millionaire day trader during the dot-com bubble. But Shaun became greedy and lost sight of what was important. He threw raves and distributed Ecstacy grossing $25 million. Before being convicted of money laundering and drug dealing, he served 26 months in the infamous jail system run by the notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Lessons from a Drug Lord is his account of the time Shaun spent submerged in a nightmarish world of drugs and gangs, insect infested cells with food unfit for animals and the lessons he learned from his choices. His teachings will force you to re-examine your life and what is truly important.
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About Shaun Attwood
Shaun
Attwood arrived in Phoenix, Arizona, a penniless business
graduate from a small industrial town in England. Within a decade, he became a
stock-market millionaire. But he was leading a double life. After taking his
first Ecstasy pill at a rave in Manchester as a shy student, Shaun became
intoxicated by the party lifestyle that would change his fortune. He ended up
in the jail with the highest rate of death in America, where not only gang
members but even guards were murdering prisoners. Shaun documented the
conditions using a golf pencil sharpened on the door. Facing a life
sentence, Shaun entered a lengthy legal battle, eventually serving almost six
years. While incarcerated, he submerged himself in literature—reading over one
thousand books, including many classics. Shaun was released in December 2007
and in 2008 won a Koestler Award for a short story, which he read to an
audience at the Royal Festival Hall. Shaun presently lives near London and
talks to audiences of young people across the United Kingdom and Europe about
his experiences and the consequences of getting involved in drugs and crime.
About Joe Geoffrey
Joe Geoffrey is a voice-over actor and audiobook narrator. His book readings include Jeremy Goldman’s Going Social, Maneet Ahuja’s The Alpha Masters, and Peter Trachtenberg’s Another Insane Devotion, among many others.