Hole in My Life is a powerful, first person retrospective by Jack Gantos, which moves from St. Croix to Florida to New York City to Ashland Federal Prison in Kentucky. "All I heard was the number--ten thousand dollars cash," remembers Jack. After failing to find any direction in life - with no funds for college and no decent job - Jack Gantos agrees to help sail a 60 foot yacht carrying 2,000 pounds of hashish up the East Coast from St. Croix to New York City. Gantos and his shipmate, Hamilton, are reported to the FBI and arrested on a number of drug trafficking charges. Sentenced to six years in prison, Gantos describes his life in prison as a "Hole in my Life." Describing his experiences, the author reflects on his transformation from a criminal to a writer, while reflecting on the ironic impact of his father's influence on his...