Publisher's Synopsis
A Familiar Stranger is an Autobiography about a man who endured many tragedies throughout his life. From a very young age Eleazar endured sexual, physical, and mental abuse. As he went through life Eleazar struggled with the gang life, drug dealing, sexual abuse and addiction, alcoholism, violence, robbery, burglary, and much more. This is an inspiring story about a man who through the grace of God and shear determination endured many things that should have killed him or landed him in prison. Eleazar Navigated through bad circumstance after bad circumstance all throughout life only to come out unscathed and ready to be an inspiration to others. Eleazar`s favorite motto is "just because things have always been this way, doesn`t mean they always have to be this way". This a very motivational story of a man who took tragedies and turned them into triumphs. For anyone who has endured a lot of tragedy in their life and is looking for inspiration on how to move past the hurt and pain it has caused this book is for you. For those who haven`t gone through tragedies but are looking to try and understand those who have this book is for you. For those who like compelling inspiring stories of struggle with a positive outcome this book is for you.