What a stark summary of a life.
Facing up to the extreme impact of hands-off parenting when it combined with falling in with the wrong crowd and taking on the wrong lessons about manhood.
I felt broken on his behalf at the Parole Board hearing.
The change Paul has made to his life, he is clear he has made with the assistance and support of many, but it is still HIS change - others might not have made it even with the same opportunities presented to them.

I found the self-help bits a little preachy, Paul is deeply in to Stoic philosophy, but they also still taught me something. And the autobiographical portions are intense.