At twenty-one, Clay Muehlstein was building a promising life. Strong friendships. A fraternity he loved. A seat on the executive board. A philanthropy bike ride across America for people with disabilities. He was, by every measure, standing at the top of the mountain.
Then one tragic night, a young pledge lost his life, and the ground gave way beneath everyone's feet.
Charged with hazing, suspended from college, and stripped of his future overnight, what followed was four years of chaos Clay never saw coming: courtrooms and county jails, ankle monitors and pretrial violations, depression, bad decisions, and the slow, brutal unraveling of everything he thought he knew about himself. He would be incarcerated four times. He would hit lows he didn't know existed.
But in the most unlikely places, scribbling in a jail dorm with a contraband pen and rising before dawn to write while everyone else slept, Clay found something he wasn't looking for: purpose.
Why Me is the true story of a man who fell from the mountaintop and had to find his way back up - one painful, purposeful step at a time.
By:
Clay Muehlstein Imprint: Entourage Media Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 503g ISBN:9781996848012 ISBN 10: 1996848011 Pages: 276 Publication Date:28 March 2026 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
