How To Win a Million Dollars and BEEP Glitter!: A Mostly True Misadventure

How to Win a Million Dollars is a madcap, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age memoir. That takes readers on an adventure through the wildly inventive, sometimes-questionable, but always entertaining schemes of a boy who would do anything to make it big. Growing up as a gay Catholic schoolboy in a tiny Mississippi River town surrounded by cornfields, Luke's imagination was constantly set on fire by million-dollar daydreams and DIY hustles. Whether it was hunting down the missing Cap'n Crunch or gaming McDonald's Monopoly, no scheme was too ridiculous, no shortcut too far-fetched. With his trusty Hustler bike and a mountain of determination, Luke didn't just dream-he plotted. Set in the 1980s, this is the story of a kid with a knack for scamming, hustling, and occasionally crashing and burning-all in the pursuit of that elusive big win. From navigating a Catholic school playground full of bullies to trying to "make it" out of a blue-collar family, Luke was always on the move,