Crisis, Pursued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe: A Memoir of Life on the Run

Title: Crisis, Pursued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe: A Memoir of Life on the Run Author: Mike O'Connor ISBN: 9780375504792 Publisher: Random House Published: 2007 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good E 1638537 Publisher Description: Throughout his childhood, Mike O'Connor's family pretended to be normal. But Mike and his two younger sisters knew that their parents were hiding something-a secret they didn't dare talk about. The family appeared to be no different from any of their small-town Texas neighbors-that is, until suddenly, the O'Connor's would flee, leaving with only a few hours' notice, abandoning houses and pets and possessions and running across the border to Mexico. For all of Mike's adolescence, O'Connor family life alternated between relative comfort and abject poverty-sometimes within a matter of days. From living in a Texas ranc