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A Place To Stand

In life many people go about wondering, is there something better out there? Whether it's taking some necessary steps to grow up, becoming a better person inside and out, or simply pushing themselves education wise, those people who wonder usually after a period of hardships, to eventually succeed in what they are looking to succeed in. When it came to Jimmy Santiago Baca in his memoir "A Place to Stand" he had to take a good look at his life, and lifestyle, convince himself that he can do better, to eventually overcome a lot of his in his life so that he could accomplish his main goal of overcoming illiteracy.

Jimmy Santiago Baca, after growing up the youngest of three children, watching his drunken and womanizing father destroy the marriage he had with his mother, and landing a new home with his grandparents at the age of two. Baca became immune to certain downfalls. These downfalls had in a way started a domino effect in Baca's life. After the sudden lost of his......


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