--- product_id: 223497248 title: "Hollywood Park: A Memoir" price: "₩4113" currency: KRW in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.kr/products/223497248-hollywood-park-a-memoir store_origin: KR region: South Korea --- # Hollywood Park: A Memoir **Price:** ₩4113 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Hollywood Park: A Memoir - **How much does it cost?** ₩4113 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kr](https://www.desertcart.kr/products/223497248-hollywood-park-a-memoir) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Hollywood Park: A Memoir (Audible Audio Edition): Mikel Jollett, Mikel Jollett, Macmillan Audio: Books Review: A Memoir that Bursts with LOVE ... - I did not know what to expect when I started Jollett's memoir. I had never heard of him and I was not familiar with him as a rock-and-roll personality (no one to blame since I only listen to classical music, The Beatles, Janis Joplin and The Stones). Mikel J begins his story as he and his brother escape from Synanon, a California recovery program turned cult, with their mother in the 1970's. The story expands into how he and his brother survived living with a mother who denied them their feelings, ignored the fact that they may have had deep-rooted abandonment issues, and more-or-less, fed them lies in an attempt to convince them to believe what she wanted them to believe. Similar to my own memoir, which covers many of the same themes, I mention that the first six years of a child's life, if shattered, sometimes takes a lifetime to work out issues and deep psychological scars. Jollett takes the reader through his journey of healing. He does not whine and drag out an underlying theme of "poor me," as some memoirs often do, but rather he artistically paints his path to healing. His creativity cannot be denied and his pop (I loved the whole Italian-American references and fully related to the Italian family), was a good guy, a great guy, an understanding, tough-love angel that reappears in his life to rescue Mikel and his brother from life in Oregon and their mother. The book pushed a lot of buttons for me, but it is so well-written that I continued reading in light of many tears. I won't give the ending away, but I will say that Jollett's desire to people please rings through in a very sweet way. He makes sure his readers close the book with a heart full of love - even if there is a tear. As I concluded the book last night, I felt that he was still the precious little boy with the over-bite, and a kid I would have loved to hold in my arms to comfort and tell him that everything will be okay. When I was one of Mother Teresa's Brothers in her religious order, Mother constantly said, "You are put on this earth to love and to be loved." While it appears that this story is about survival and tragic circumstances, it is not. It is a story about real life. It is really a love story - a story about what it really means to love and to be loved. Review: Couldn’t put it down - Wow. Just wow. I’m a mystery/suspense/thriller fiend and I bought this book on a whim. I had just finished a new book by one of my favorite mystery writers when I decided to dig into Hollywood Park. I expected to have a tough time reading it, simply because it wasn’t my favorite type of book and because I’d just finished such an incredible mystery. And wham. I became immersed in the story immediately when I started the book yesterday afternoon and got up at 4 a.m. this morning to finish it. First of all, Mr. Jollett can flat write. I was amazed by his fluency, his descriptions, and most of all, by his raw honesty. It takes guts to lay it on the line as he does. To say his upbringing was brutal doesn’t begin to describe it. Yet I couldn’t look away, I think because he related small pockets of love that kept him going. I also kept going because Mr. Jollett writes with such compassion, love, and generosity. His mother, who harmed him grievously, is treated with understanding and gentleness. He forgave and forgives her for the disorders compelling her to neglect and abuse him, for making his trauma all about her. He has risen above who did what to whom and has claimed as his own the life he had which in turn empowered him to do the hard work to heal, to change. He is no one’s victim and he got there, it seems to me, by refusing to blame anyone for what happened. He simply comes to understand what makes him tick and he sets about to remodel his interior so it is habitable. This memoir is well worth buying and reading. I wish I could say something more profound because the book certainly deserves it, but I’m not the writer Mr. Jollett is. All I can say is don’t miss his story. ## Images ![Hollywood Park: A Memoir - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81DfEWwxb7L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Memoir that Bursts with LOVE ... *by P***A on August 31, 2020* I did not know what to expect when I started Jollett's memoir. I had never heard of him and I was not familiar with him as a rock-and-roll personality (no one to blame since I only listen to classical music, The Beatles, Janis Joplin and The Stones). Mikel J begins his story as he and his brother escape from Synanon, a California recovery program turned cult, with their mother in the 1970's. The story expands into how he and his brother survived living with a mother who denied them their feelings, ignored the fact that they may have had deep-rooted abandonment issues, and more-or-less, fed them lies in an attempt to convince them to believe what she wanted them to believe. Similar to my own memoir, which covers many of the same themes, I mention that the first six years of a child's life, if shattered, sometimes takes a lifetime to work out issues and deep psychological scars. Jollett takes the reader through his journey of healing. He does not whine and drag out an underlying theme of "poor me," as some memoirs often do, but rather he artistically paints his path to healing. His creativity cannot be denied and his pop (I loved the whole Italian-American references and fully related to the Italian family), was a good guy, a great guy, an understanding, tough-love angel that reappears in his life to rescue Mikel and his brother from life in Oregon and their mother. The book pushed a lot of buttons for me, but it is so well-written that I continued reading in light of many tears. I won't give the ending away, but I will say that Jollett's desire to people please rings through in a very sweet way. He makes sure his readers close the book with a heart full of love - even if there is a tear. As I concluded the book last night, I felt that he was still the precious little boy with the over-bite, and a kid I would have loved to hold in my arms to comfort and tell him that everything will be okay. When I was one of Mother Teresa's Brothers in her religious order, Mother constantly said, "You are put on this earth to love and to be loved." While it appears that this story is about survival and tragic circumstances, it is not. It is a story about real life. It is really a love story - a story about what it really means to love and to be loved. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Couldn’t put it down *by P***Q on June 3, 2020* Wow. Just wow. I’m a mystery/suspense/thriller fiend and I bought this book on a whim. I had just finished a new book by one of my favorite mystery writers when I decided to dig into Hollywood Park. I expected to have a tough time reading it, simply because it wasn’t my favorite type of book and because I’d just finished such an incredible mystery. And wham. I became immersed in the story immediately when I started the book yesterday afternoon and got up at 4 a.m. this morning to finish it. First of all, Mr. Jollett can flat write. I was amazed by his fluency, his descriptions, and most of all, by his raw honesty. It takes guts to lay it on the line as he does. To say his upbringing was brutal doesn’t begin to describe it. Yet I couldn’t look away, I think because he related small pockets of love that kept him going. I also kept going because Mr. Jollett writes with such compassion, love, and generosity. His mother, who harmed him grievously, is treated with understanding and gentleness. He forgave and forgives her for the disorders compelling her to neglect and abuse him, for making his trauma all about her. He has risen above who did what to whom and has claimed as his own the life he had which in turn empowered him to do the hard work to heal, to change. He is no one’s victim and he got there, it seems to me, by refusing to blame anyone for what happened. He simply comes to understand what makes him tick and he sets about to remodel his interior so it is habitable. This memoir is well worth buying and reading. I wish I could say something more profound because the book certainly deserves it, but I’m not the writer Mr. Jollett is. All I can say is don’t miss his story. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautifully written memoir *by S***F on July 29, 2020* I love reading memoirs. Everyone has a story, and learning about their lives through the lens of their reality, or sometimes others' realities, is so intriguing. Mike Jollett's memoir does both as he struggles understanding his life through his childhood eyes, what he is told happened and how he should feel; and later through the eyes as a teen and adult trying to process his childhood, reconciling what he knows to be true and his reality, and finding his own voice and his own way in the world. He endured a tumultuous life of sadness, poverty, loneliness, addiction, emotional abuse and abandonment. Growing up in a cult, escaping with his mom and brother, learning things about his father and afraid he was destined to be like him, persevering in spite of who his father was, understanding his mother's mental state and narcissistic personality. Children often compartmentalize their feelings and learn to cope in different ways. "What do you do when you're a scared-shitless kid that's been faking it for long? You bury it." He talks about wearing a "mask" as a survival mechanism. "It's a mask, this face you create for others, one you hide behind as you laugh at jokes you don't understand and skip uncomfortable details, entire years of your life, as if they simply did not happen." He learns to hide behind a mask, don't devulge too much information, to hide your feelings. Also for Mikel, music was a big outlet for him, teaching him about the world, and eventually propelling him to find and use his voice to share the pain he endured. If you haven't listend to his band, The Airborne Toxic Event, I highly recommend them, and you can learn a little more about Mikel through the songs he writes. He is an incredible writer, I enjoyed learning about his journey of self discovery and working through the pain to find ways of expressing himself and finding peace. Learning from his father, "Sometimes you just have to sit on your hands and hurt." Yet, realizing he can turn his pain into his art, writing. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.kr/products/223497248-hollywood-park-a-memoir](https://www.desertcart.kr/products/223497248-hollywood-park-a-memoir) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Korea* *Store origin: KR* *Last updated: 2026-06-02*