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Walk to beautiful : the power of love and a homeless kid who found the way / Jimmy Wayne with Ken Abraham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2014]Description: xix, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780849922107
  • 0849922100
  • 9780718077303
  • 071807730X
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Contents:
Prologue: FTW: twenty-seven years earlier -- A wake-up call. Big time! ; Back home -- The crazy years. Life with Carroll ; Vance street vice, mayhem, and murder ; Matinee madness ; Hangover street ; Ghost tales ; I think I know how Jesus felt ; Foster kid ; Hungry ; Baptized ; Grandpa's place ; A light in the darkness ; Money for mama ; Sparkles ; The nightmare begins ; Sante shoot-out ; On the run ; Facing the bullies ; Faith farm ; Doctor death ; Didn't she always come back? ; My worst birthday ever ; Bumping into angels ; Family affairs -- Saved by love. The most beautiful woman in the world ; My first band ; It's not where you've been, it's where you're goin' ; Working inside ; Country bust ; Nashville novice ; Good-bye Jimmy, good-bye Bea ; Some dreams really do come true ; You never know ; Who me? a country star? ; House of cards ; Exposure ; Second change -- The walk. Walking away or walking toward? ; Walk on! ; New friends, snakes, and a dog ; Pie town ; Not complainin', just explainin' ; First steps to a new journey -- Epilogue: be somebody.
Summary: Imagine yourself a thirteen-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station parking lot and drives off into the night with her lover. That's the real life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It's a miracle that Jimmy survived being hungry and homeless, bouncing in and out of the foster care system, and sleeping in the streets. He now uses his country music platform to help children everywhere.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography WAYNE, J. W359 Available 33111010501118
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A New York Times bestseller! Imagine yourself a thirteen-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station parking lot and drives off into the night with her lover.

That's the real-life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It's a miracle that Jimmy survived being hungry and homeless, bouncing in and out of the foster care system, and sleeping in the streets. But he didn't just overcome great adversity in his life; he now uses his country music platform to help children everywhere, especially teenagers in foster care who are about to age out of the system.

Walk to Beautiful is the powerfully emotive account of Jimmy's horrendous childhood and the love he received from Russell and Bea Costner, the elderly couple who gave him a stable home and provided the chance to complete his education. Jimmy says of Bea, "She changed every cell in my body."

This moving memoir chronicles:

Jimmy's life as a foster child and homeless teenager His adoption by Russell and Bea Costner, an elderly couple who gave him a stable home and provided the opportunities for him to thrive His surprising rise to fame in the music industry His tireless advocacy for children in the foster care system through his Meet Me Halfway awareness campaign, a 1,700 mile walk halfway across America from Nashville to Phoenix

Join Jimmy on his walk to beautiful and see how one person really can make a difference.

Prologue: FTW: twenty-seven years earlier -- A wake-up call. Big time! ; Back home -- The crazy years. Life with Carroll ; Vance street vice, mayhem, and murder ; Matinee madness ; Hangover street ; Ghost tales ; I think I know how Jesus felt ; Foster kid ; Hungry ; Baptized ; Grandpa's place ; A light in the darkness ; Money for mama ; Sparkles ; The nightmare begins ; Sante shoot-out ; On the run ; Facing the bullies ; Faith farm ; Doctor death ; Didn't she always come back? ; My worst birthday ever ; Bumping into angels ; Family affairs -- Saved by love. The most beautiful woman in the world ; My first band ; It's not where you've been, it's where you're goin' ; Working inside ; Country bust ; Nashville novice ; Good-bye Jimmy, good-bye Bea ; Some dreams really do come true ; You never know ; Who me? a country star? ; House of cards ; Exposure ; Second change -- The walk. Walking away or walking toward? ; Walk on! ; New friends, snakes, and a dog ; Pie town ; Not complainin', just explainin' ; First steps to a new journey -- Epilogue: be somebody.

Imagine yourself a thirteen-year-old hundreds of miles away from home, in a strange city, and your mom leaves you at a bus station parking lot and drives off into the night with her lover. That's the real life story of country music star Jimmy Wayne. It's a miracle that Jimmy survived being hungry and homeless, bouncing in and out of the foster care system, and sleeping in the streets. He now uses his country music platform to help children everywhere.

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