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  • I Swear I'll Make It Up to You

  • A Life on the Low Road
  • By: Mishka Shubaly
  • Narrated by: Mishka Shubaly
  • Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (102 ratings)
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Summary

An odyssey of family, heartbreak, violence, punk rock, brokenness, broke-ness, sex, love, loss, drinking, drinking, drinking, and an unlikely savior: distance running.

A misfit kid at the best of times, Mishka Shubaly had his world shattered when, in a 24-hour span in 1992, he survived a mass shooting on his school's campus then learned that his parents were getting divorced. His father, a prominent rocket scientist, abandoned the family, and their home was lost to foreclosure. Shubaly swore to avenge the wrongs against his mother but instead plunged into a magnificently toxic love affair with alcohol.

Almost two decades later, Shubaly's life changed again when a fateful five-mile run after a bar fight inspired him to clean up his life. And when he finally reconnected with his estranged father, he discovered the story of his childhood was radically different from what he thought he knew.

In this fiercely honest, emotional, and self-laceratingly witty book, Shubaly relives his mistakes, misfortunes, and infrequent good decisions: the disastrous events that fractured his life; his incendiary romances; his hot-and-cold career as a rock musician; meeting his newborn nephew while out of his gourd on cough syrup. I Swear I'll Make It Up to You is an apology for choices Shubaly never thought he'd live long enough to regret, a journey so far down the low road that it took him years of running to claw his way back.

©2016 Mishka Shubaly (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Starts Strong - but eventually the running gets dreary

Mishka writes well and his story is an interesting one... to a point.
The first 2/3rds of the book are great, a fascinating story off one mans war with the world, his father and himself. His childhood and drinking days are fascinating and well told.
But then he starts running. And running. And talking about running. And the book just drags. I hate to say it as I loved Mishka when introduced to him through the Doug Stanhope podcast and he has had an interesting and in places heart breaking life - but I wouldn't recommend this book. The first 2/3rds yes. But I can't bear to finish it and hear any more about long distance running (gave up 1.45hrs remaining)

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Unforgettable.

Bravo, Mishka, your writing is sublime. Thank you for an unforgettable read. I will be eagerly devouring all of your work.

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depressing bliss

hard to listen to. as it should be. do it. it's painful and beautiful and terrifying

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Gritty and true to life!

As someone trying to conquer my own alcohol demons I found this book very inspiring 👍💕

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Leaves a lasting impression

Love this man for his humanity, compassion, honesty, humour and almost superhuman resilience in the face of trauma, including when it’s self imposed. I have absolutely nothing in common with the author but his story moved me and made me question so much about my own life choices and relationships.

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Interesting story

This story was very interesting and no idea how the guy got through all this there are also
Some interesting conclusions be came to about the way he acted which made me think, so I did learn some things about myself
In this book too

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Re-reviewed!

I stopped listening to this because of Mishka’s misery. I switched to something lighter and more ‘normal’, but then kind of wanted to know what happened to him. So returned to where I’d left off, and really enjoyed the rest of it. Inspirational and written with humour, you kind of have to ride out the (understandable) misery to see the full picture. Glad I persevered 😇

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Love Mishka Shubaly

What a story, what a guy, Mishka has a way of taking you through every detail in such a raw and real experience.
A true, tough but beautiful journey of real self reflection and a realisation that all is never lost.

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No holds barred

Simply stop bitchin and get on with your life. Your life is what you make it.

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Loved it

So relatable on so many levels so glad I found this author. Will be reading his other books

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