Wasted Days and Wasted Life

About the Book

Scott has run all his life from conflicts and his personal demons through alcohol and art.

His once happy childhood was shattered after the death of his mother. His father, who is a Viet Nam vet, has no clue how to raise two children on his own and turns to alcohol and the fist. Scott is forced to grow up too fast and turns to alcohol himself.

After a tumultuous break up with his girlfriend Scott runs off to Long Beach, California. Now he may have a reason to stop running, Jamie.

When his sister reveals that his father is ill, she asks that he visit him in prison to set the past straight. The confrontation is explosive and culminates with a fiery end.

Jamie has spent her whole life searching for friendship and love. After many dismal relationships she decides that the two many never unite.

After a chance meeting at the library quad she meets someone who might change all of that. She may now have a reason to stop searching, Scott.

About the Author

Marie Huskey was born and raised in Long Beach, California. Her parents exposed her to many different art forms, theater, pottery, film and fine art. Both her parents are artists and writers. Many morning walks to school throughout her childhood were spent creating stories in her head to pass the time, many of these never made their way to paper. Journals and spiral notebooks were carried everywhere in her teenage years to capture the realistic dialogue she would hear from those around her on the public bus, in malls and in resaurants. She has spent most of her life writing short stories and poetry, this is her first complete novel.