Young Offender

My Life from Armed Robber to Local Hero

Michael Maisey

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Pan Books
09 July 2019

Memoirs; Juvenile offenders

The day he entered the notorious Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Michael Maisey was excited. He was going to be a legend to all his mates. The sixteen year old was in for attempted murder. He was innocent of this particular crime but amongst the violent and dangerous young men on his wing he was about to learn exactly how far he'd go to survive.

In Young Offender we see what turned a good kid into a wanted criminal. Abused by his uncle, bullied at school, at the age of 12 he found the safety he craved in the ranks of a local gang in West London. He graduated from shoplifting to armed robbery and for five years Michael was in and out of Feltham, on a downward spiral of crime and drug and alcohol addiction. At rock bottom, he began attending AA meetings. But the road to recovery would mean changing himself in the deepest possible ways. Could Michael finally learn what it meant to be a good man?

Honest and inspiring, this is a powerful story of redemption.

Today Michael is a successful businessman and a loving father who spends time helping others find their way.

By: Michael Maisey
Imprint: Pan Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9781529005479
ISBN 10: 1529005477
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 09 July 2019
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Maisey was born and raised in Isleworth and became one of London's most prolific young lawbreakers. He spent most of his teenage years in Feltham Young Offenders Institute after a raid on his local corner shop goes wrong. Twenty years after the armed robbery that changed his life, he is now sober, the proud father of three daughters and the founder of a non profit organisation called The CIP Project a peer led community support group which helps people with mental health, addiction, PTSD and childhood trauma. He was recently honoured by the London Borough of Hounslow for his services to the community. Young Offender is his first book.

Reviews for Young Offender: My Life from Armed Robber to Local Hero

Young Offender is a memoir to shine a light in the darkest of nights, a harrowing, heart breaking autobiography that feels like it was written in tears and blood. Michael Maisey crawled from the wreckage of what feels like every bad break in the world - domestic violence, sexual abuse, drugs, alcohol, incarceration and cruelty that staggers the mind - emerging with a story of redemption, hope and love. -- Tony Parsons Courageous and brutally honest -- Ollie Ollerton, author of <i>Break Point</i>