The Trouble with Fred: The true story of the Cook Street Gang
by Iman SaadePublish: Nov 27, 2019Biographies & Memoirs Book Overview
Iman, a Syrian Immigrant, recounts the day his troubled brother, Fred, first tried to kill him. Overwhelmed with what nearly happened, Iman sits on his bed contemplating the roots of dysfunction in his family. The picture he paints evokes a better understanding of him in relation to his mother, and a brother he considers a sociopath.
Iman is desperate to feel safe from Fred and knows that there is no reprieve from his bitter essence. But, on his first day of summer break of his 8th-grade year, Iman unknowingly finds the sanctuary he's been searching for when three strange kids come knocking on his door looking for his Fred. What follows is a true coming-of-age story that is disturbingly humorous.
