Review of I Wasn't Born a Teacher (Paperback)

Gripping from the first page. Romance, blood, and poetry make this book a wild ride. Characters are vivid and their motives passionate. Read about the darkside of this teacher's past and how he came to have purpose and prescence inside the classroom. Partly truth partly fiction, this is my new favorite book.

Product Description
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Based on the violent life of a public school educator, I Wasn't Born a Teacher is the story of love and redemption in a world full of sin and despair. Kabel Garcia teaches English in Los Angeles. While proposing to his fiancee in a park, he is drawn into a fight with three crazed thugs looking for an easy target.

In the heat of battle his wicked instincts take over, but is his own past full of blood, drugs, and alcohol about to catch up with him? Can he survive his life long enough to enjoy the love he has finally found after years of loneliness?

Travel into the mind of the romantic psycho and those who cross his path: his partners in crime that run the gambit from petty theft to felony assault, a teenage girl dealing with abuse in her home, a drug dealer waiting for his missing girlfriend, a vigilante bent on avenging his brother's death, and a twisted serial rapist. These and many more come to life in an all too real way in first person narratives built on savage poetry and ruthless prose.

This is the next step in urban fiction. Brace yourself for the novel based on a true story, I Wasn't Born a Teacher.

About the Author
David Bueno-Hill was born in Jamaica, New York in 1978. His biological father left his mother before he was born. His mother met an African-American man from Harlem, whom she fell in love with, when he was two-years-old.

They moved to California where he was raised until he was fifteen. He was sent to live with his grandparents because his parents found out that he had joined a gang. The foundation of logic and common sense his father had raised him with helped him stay focused during these difficult times.

He managed to retain a decent G.P.A. in high school and after graduation he was able to move back to California and go to Cal State Northridge. He studied writing and philosophy. He continued taking creative writing classes while working two jobs to pay for his rent and his addictions. He wrote continuously and was commended by the staff at CSUN for having raw talent.

After graduation he stopped drinking after a sobering epiphany. He also began writing this book based on his own struggles and experiences. He became a teacher after graduating with a B.A. in Creative Writing with a minor in Philosophy. He has been teaching in Los Angeles for seven years.

He married in June of 2005 and he and his wife have been blessed with a rambunctious baby boy named Quazar and a second baby is on the way! His second book will also be available soon from Urbano Publishing, Mr. Clean and the Barrio. Visit painispoetry.com for more on the author and his works.

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