Abused by an alcoholic, unemployed father, Doug Wallace and his seven siblings barely survived childhood--fleeing in the night from landlords, scrambling for food, and burning down the only home they ever owned to collect insurance money. In this raw testimony of a heart-breaking, hardscrabble childhood, Doug Wallace paints an unforgettable portrait of a child determined to free himself from the cycle of poverty that strangled his family for generations. With a genuine voice and a keen eye on the class divide in America, the author unflinchingly reveals the painful experiences of class prejudice and life on the fringes of society. Separated from the haves by his poverty and from the have-nots by his desire for more, Wallace learns to use every person, every situation, and every encounter to realise his dream and serve his community. This book empowers readers to overcome any obstacle through tenacious will, relentless drive, and indomitable faith.
Doug's blog can be found at http://www.dougwallace.net/. Doug Wallace was born in Big Rock, TN. The third oldest of eight children, his family was enchained in a cycle of poverty that had strangled four consecutive generations.
Few victims of generational poverty escape the cycle, but Doug succeeded when he received a Juris Doctor degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law in 1976 and opened his own law firm two months later. Two years later the firm expanded and Doug became CEO of Wallace & deMayo, P.C..
In 1994 he formed the first nationwide legal network, using proprietary software to link specialized law firms in every state into a single network. Doug became the Managing Director and CEO of the National Attorney Network (NAN) in 1994. In 1999 Faulkner & Gray listed NAN as the largest legal network in the country. The Nilson Report in that same year listed Wallace & deMayo, P.C. as the nation's largest legal firm in its specialty. As the CEO of both NAN and Wallace & deMayo, P.C., Doug merged both companies in 1999 with Synovus, a multi-billion, multi-financial services corporation, in a first ever merger of a major law firm with a NYSE bank.
Doug retired from the practice of law in 1999 to become a consultant and to pursue his lifelong dream of writing. Doug has been a contributing writer of op-ed and perspective pieces for Bankers Daily Reports, Bankers Monthly Magazine, Credit Card Management, and various trade publications throughout his career.
Doug's first book "Everything Will Be All Right," is a memoir, an inspiring story of the unimaginable challenges faced by children born into generational poverty. Doug chose to write the memoir of his early years as a way to call attention to the difficult challenges facing children born into poverty. Doug's blog at www.dougwallace.net/ is devoted to helping impoverished children.
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