My Cross to Bear by Gregg Allman
Tags: non-fiction memoir
Gregg Allman’s memoir, My Cross to Bear, covers a lot of ground, from the murder of his father to the musician’s coming to terms with his own fatherhood late in life. Gregg and his older brother, Duane, were born in Nashville and raised by a single mom who could barely keep the family afloat.
The brothers were sent off to military school at a young age–Gregg was only eight–to avoid being sent to the orphanage.