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Privilege Lost

How a Nice Jewish Boy Survived Five Years in America's Darkest Prisons

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Privilege Lost

By: Joshua Elyashiv
Narrated by: Jeff Heisler
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Many nice young upper-middle class white boys have dreamed about being the ultimate bad-ass. Few have been forced to prove it. For straight-A student and suburban Jewish boy Joshua Elyashiv, the dream of being tough and invincible, like his heroes Jason Bourne and Bruce Lee to name just a few, was so overwhelming that he convinced his parents to put him through military school where he became a decorated martial arts pro.

Then, through a fluke chain of events that Joshua never could have predicted, he was arrested and sentenced to 18 months in prison for a clerical error. After a brutal confrontation with a violent guard, the sentence was extended to five years, hard time.

Worst of all, his father cut off all contact.

For five relentless years, Joshua was forced to defend himself against some of the toughest, most ruthless men in the world. Incredibly, he survived-and never gave up the desperate fight to prove to his father that he was innocent.

Even more incredibly, along the way, Joshua learned the true meaning of strength-inner and spiritual-and discovered that empathy, compassion, and knowing when to walk away from a conflict is the purest form of strength.

PRIVILEGE LOST is the true first-hand account of an "everyday nice guy" who had to fight for his life among some of the most violent and dangerous men alive, in some of the grimmest cages in the world. This gripping memoir explores the horrific violence he endured, traversing the bridge between adrenaline-pumping life and death moments and those deeply introspective agonies where Joshua came face to face with the reality behind his fantasies. Along the way, he learned that true kindness can come from the most broken souls, and that so much of what we call justice is really just smoke and mirrors to protect those with power and privilege.

©2023 Joshua Elyashiv (P)2024 Joshua Elyashiv
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From the first page to the last, the narrator sucks you in and makes you experience every emotion, every moment, as if you were there yourself. This book is riveting, heartwrenching and eye-opening. It shows how close each and every one of us are to a world we pretend does not exist.

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