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Most people learn to hide anger before they understand what caused it. It gets dressed up as something more acceptable.
A Story of Survival, Truth, and Never Quitting
Some stories get cleaned up before they are told. This one was not. Memoirs of A Flower Child is Sterling Elliott Blake’s account of a childhood lived inside a world that promised freedom and delivered chaos. It is honest, specific, and written for anyone who has ever had to survive something no one else wanted to talk about.
A Story of Survival, Truth, and Never Quitting
Some stories get cleaned up before they are told. This one was not. Memoirs of A Flower Child is Sterling Elliott Blake’s account of a childhood lived inside a world that promised freedom and delivered chaos. It is honest, specific, and written for anyone who has ever had to survive something no one else wanted to talk about.
A Story of Survival, Truth, and Never Quitting
Some stories get cleaned up before they are told. This one was not. Memoirs of A Flower Child is Sterling Elliott Blake’s account of a childhood lived inside a world that promised freedom and delivered chaos. It is honest, specific, and written for anyone who has ever had to survive something no one else wanted to talk about.
Meet The Author
Sterling Elliott Blake
Sterling Elliott Blake was born on June 22, 1961, in Long Beach, California. He survived a painful childhood during the late 1960s and 1970s, marked by neglect, violence, and experiences no child should face. At age seven, his mother introduced him to marijuana. At nine, a counselor told him he had no hope and would likely end up in prison.
Sterling chose a different path. He earned a Master of Business Administration, two Bachelor’s degrees in Electronic Engineering fields, and three Associate degrees. He also achieved the rank of Master in Kung Fu San Soo (Tsoi Li Fut). He worked as a Senior Process Engineer and is now semi-retired.
Memoirs of A Flower Child
A Childhood the World Was Never Meant to See
This powerful memoir pulls back the curtain on the dark reality behind the 1960s hippie movement. Told in a non-linear style, it follows one boy’s journey through beatings, neglect, drug exposure at a young age, and the hidden cost of the so-called Summer of Love. As an adult, Sterling faced the devastating loss of both his sons and came close to ending his own life. Yet through it all, he chose perseverance over surrender. Raw, honest, and unflinching, Memoirs of a Flower Child is a story of survival, truth, and the quiet strength it takes to keep going.
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