Everything Will Be All Right

Poverty, alcoholism, and violence destroyed his childhood.Perseverance and ambition saved his life. Abused by an alcoholic, unemployed father, Doug Wallace and his seven siblings barely survived childhood-fleeing in the night from landlords, scrambling for food, and burning down the only home they ever owned to collect insurance money.In this raw testimony of a heartbreaking, hardscrabble childhood, Doug Wallace paints an unforgettable portrait of a child determined to free himself from the cycle of poverty that strangled his family for generations. With a genuine voice and a keen eye on the class divide in America, the author unflinchingly reveals the painful experiences of class prejudice and life on the fringes of society. Separated from the haves by his poverty and from the have-nots by his desire for more, Wallace learns to use every person, every situation, and every encounter to realize his dream and serve his community. Everything Will Be All Right empowers readers to overcome any obstacle through tenacious will, relentless drive, and indomitable faith.--Doug Wallace was born in Big Rock, Tennessee, to an alcoholic father and battered mother. At an early age, Doug made a promise to his mother that he would find a way to escape the bonds of poverty that had gripped his family for generations. This book is the story of how he accomplished that feat, eventually earning his law degree and starting a law firm that became the largest in its specialty in the United States. He is now retired and lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife. His three children have all earned their own post-graduate degrees, a fact of which Doug is very proud.

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