· Timeline of Basketball Junkie: A Memoir by Chris Herren. By loganstarr. . Birth Chris Herren is born on Septem in Fall River, Massachusetts. . High School Begins Chris enters Durfee High School. This is where he begins to become a high school basketball legend. · In his own words, Chris Herren tells how he nearly lost everything and everyone he loved, and how he found a way back to life. Powerful, honest, and dramatic, Basketball Junkie is a remarkable memoir, harrowing in its descent, and heartening in its return. "Chris Herren's Basketball Junkie is the story of what happens when a town and a family pressure a favorite son to embody their dreams, which turn out to be his nightmare. If a book can be both anguished and celebratory, this is it/5().
At basketball-crazy Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts, junior guard Chris Herren carried his family's and the city's dreams on his skinny frame. His grandfather, father, and older brother had created their own sports legends in a declining city; he was the last, best hope for a career beyond the shuttered mills and factories. Herren was heavily recruited by major universities. Chris Herren - Main character, narrator. Chris was a young basketball star at Durfee High School. Especially following right after his brother Michael. The pressure that Chris felt upon him to be just like Michael must've finally got to him. And thats when the drugs came into play. It all started in his friends basement over the weekends. Basketball Junkie A Memoir by Chris Herren and Bill Reynolds Fall River Dreams meets The Basketball Diaries in this gripping, provocative account of one athlete's journey from high school glory.
Timeline of Basketball Junkie: A Memoir by Chris Herren. By loganstarr. . Birth Chris Herren is born on Septem in Fall River, Massachusetts. “Chris Herren's Basketball Junkie is the story of what happens when a town and a family pressure a favorite son to embody their dreams, which turn out to be his nightmare. If a book can be both anguished and celebratory, this is it. "Chris Herren's "Basketball Junkie" is the story of what happens when a town and a family pressure a favorite son to embody their dreams, which turn out to be his nightmare. If a book can be both anguished and celebratory, this is it.
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