Palpable Irony (ePub)

Martin Lockett grows up in a tough neighborhood in PortlandOregon and by the time hes fifteen, his parents dont knowwhat to do with him. He and his homies steal cars, drink,and smoke dope and even though Martins bright, the only time hedoes well at school is when he gets kicked out and has to attendalternative classes. As soon as hes returned to his friends though,hes right back into trouble. After Martin serves three years in prison for his part in a robbery, hefinally seems to turn himself around. He gets a good job, moves upin the company, meets a nice girl, and hes proud to buy his first car. But his decision to get behind the wheel one drunken New YearsEve, leaves two innocent people dead, several families destroyed... and puts the twenty-four-year-old Martin behind bars for nearlytwenty years. In what he realizes is a Palpable Irony, it is in prison that Martinfinally finds meaning and direction in life. Devastated by the tragedyhe has caused, he takes advantage of the educational opportunitiesoffered to him. With his study of psychology, he begins to unravelthe tangled threads of his life, gaining wisdom and insight that heputs to use in understanding his own youthful motivations and incounseling other young men, like him, who are headed straight fordisaster. Penned within prison walls where the author still resides,Palpable Irony upliftingly chronicles a lost mans discovery of himselfand his potential as an instrument for good.