My second book, Sundays With Jamal , is in the works. If you read my first book, Life With Ziggy , then you were introduced, on a very basic level, to Jamal. Jamal was a very special boy, and my little brother. For six months, I spent my Sundays with him; playing Playstation, walking through the park, watching basketball, drawing, and reading The Hobbit . Unfortunately, those Sundays ended much sooner than either of us wanted to accept. Jamal bravely fought Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia; a type of leukemia that is extremely rare in children. Sundays With Jamal is a memoir capturing the final six months of his life, and some of the most important months of mine. He was an angel, beyond his years, with wisdom that forever changed my life. Below is a portion of my unnamed and unedited first chapter of Sundays With Jamal. It is a more descriptive, introductory section, so I would love to hear your thoughts. Coming soon to Amazon, Sundays With Jamal , in both paperback and on Kindle. I
Life With Ziggy is a memoir by Justin Barrow. Overwhelmed and overcome by the insidiousness of depression, a young man adopts a malnourished, abused, and terrified Pit Bull - Basenji mix in order to help him make sense of his troubled life. The dog, which was set to be euthanized hours later, is rescued at the last minute with a small glimmer of hope that he will, in turn, rescue his new master in his last minutes.