PASSAGES: A Personal Journey

By Chris McNickle

Passages tells Chris McNickle's story in the authentic voice of a native New Yorker. An idyllic childhood turned tragic when his father died of colon cancer, chronic mental illness seized his mother, and a brother took to drug dealing to support a heroin habit. In beautiful prose that captures the emotion of the child and teenager who lived through the drama, McNickle describes the heart-ache and hilarity, tears and triumphs of his life. He relates in candid terms how luck, hard work, and just enough family support to make a difference allowed him to move beyond the adversity he confronted in his youth. As a leader at a global consulting firm, McNickle had a ringside seat to the financial crisis that rocked the world between 2007 and 2009. In parallel with his work in Wall Street's canyons, McNickle studied government, and wrote books about New York politics acclaimed by power brokers, academics, and policy experts. His rare combination of experiences provides deep insight into the importance of government programs for distressed families, the toxic impact of money in politics, and the dire implications for America's capitalist democracy if we do not recast it to create greater equality.McNickle began writing this book in 2017 aboard a fifty foot catamaran that he sailed with his spouse from South Africa to New York City, a story of its own and the most recent passage in an eventful life with more journeys to come.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1090187432
• ISBN13: 9781090187437
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"