Just Over Broke

In a city built on survival, one young man fights to rewrite his story. Just Over Broke is the powerful, semi-autobiographical debut from Darryl J. Gordwin, a raw and redemptive coming-of-age memoir that follows Malik Carter, a boy raised in the shadows of violence, fatherhood, and faith. Navigating life in Chicago where broken homes and buried trauma threaten to define him, Malik finds solace in music, strength in love, and hope in God. From skipping school to becoming a young father, from...