Everyone Knows Me but You

ISBN: 1460999509

Author: Peterson, Chris

Condition: New

Product Description Autobiography spanning birth to pre - teen years ,the middle child of five kids in a far from perfect family enviroment . The children's father owned and operated more than a dozen well known Mexican Food restaurants ,surviving and enjoying over three decades in the southeast. The years of success and popularity in the franchise took it's toll on the family . Chris' account of those years tell the disgrace and struggle that few saw. An honest ,humorous and intimate search for belonging and security in a child's otherwise years of innocence .The first in a series reflecting back on the life of a now 51 year old single father committed to his children as he searches for greener pastures outside the shark infested service industry , on the road as a stand up comedian and now an Author sharing his eventful ,challenging life. About the Author Chris Peterson was born in 1960 in Talladega,Alabama. Spending the first nine years of his life in the bustling 'Rocket City' of Huntsville ,Alabama, Chris and his brothers and sisters were raised in the Catholic community. His father's new found career in the restaurant industry brought the family to B'ham in 1968 where the first of the family's franchised El Palacio Mexican - American restaurants took flight. Through the years, Chris would learn the brand and grow with the business. As the restaurant's popularity grew, so did Chris' own family and outside interests. An avid fan of music & film with close attention on those performing comedy, the young father tried his chops at an open mic one evening in the early 1990's. The applause from at least one of his ten curiously dark takes on life was all it took to get the ham cooking inside Chris. After decades of dedication to the service industry, he took the plunge and hit the highway. The acceptance from the crowds and encouragement from comic masters of the stage, Todd Yohn and Darryl Rhoades to name but a couple, would see Chris on a successful 12 year run. As often is the case with life on the road, reality and the mortgage came calling. Realizing the first time his new born daughter smiled that smile at Daddy, Chris knew that father duties came first. Putting his rubber chicken back in the closet, Chris rejoined his fellow employees and worked the family biz until his father's retirement in 2001. Never too far from the traveling bug he enjoyed as a youngster and as a stand up comic, Chris in the years to come, including present day, hits the road to catch some serenity. At this writing, Chris' days of single fatherhood are coming to close as he is engaged and seeing his son through his senior year of high school. His loving daughter's smile can now be shared through her own precious daughter's sunshine. Chris hopes to share his life and times through less stressful work these days as an Author.