A Powerful Coming-Of-Age Memoir Reviewed By BookViral

The BookViral Review:

Chaz Holesworth’s Life and How to Live It is an unflinching, often darkly humorous, and deeply personal memoir that reads like a mix of gritty autobiography and nostalgic cultural mixtape. Subtitled Begin the Begin, this is Volume One of Holesworth’s sprawling life story, and from the very first chapter, it’s clear that he pulls no punches.

Set against the backdrop of Kensington, Philadelphia—an area notorious for its economic hardship and rampant addiction—the book dives headfirst into cycles of trauma, poverty, and perseverance. Holesworth narrates his early years with a mix of biting sarcasm and heart-wrenching vulnerability, detailing his family’s entanglements with heroin addiction, domestic abuse, religious extremism, and economic despair.