Independent Reading Entry 10

Kiedis, Anthony
Scar Tissue

Beginning the autobiography of the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers i knew what to expect with his childhood and behavior but seeing the facts laid out in a surprisingly well-written format was incredible to me. He grew up in Michigan most of his young childhood but occasionally spent time with his dad in California. The immense drug use and partying tendencies of his father rubbed off on him and he was caught up in the middle of so much of it. His mom was often unhappy and felt that she had nobody except her son, Anthony. Once she remarried with a man that Anthony was not a fan of Anthony believed she was doing better and was happier. So he decided to move to California with his dad permanently. he still came back in the summers but the California lifestyle took him over.

He begins with a prologue where he depicts his Hepatitis C treatments from a woman injecting a natural medication introveiniously. He describes how a few years back what would have been in the seringe was china white heroin or very potent cocaine and it is meant to catch the reader very off guard but i had heard of his drug use and wasn't too surprised. It was still a very interesting way of beginning the book and foreshadowed his path into drug use throughout his life.