Growing Up...In Words and Images

Originally published as a 12"x12" memoir coffee table book Growing Up...In Words and Images is now available as an e-book. This lyrical memoir reveals why the tenth of thirteen children "resolved to make it all better one day" for himself and his family. Through his vibrant paintings and southern comfort prose, Carroll shares how an unsure, bow-legged little boy became an NBA overall first-round draft pick, wealth advisor, philanthropist, painter and author, and why he refuses to stop growing. While the seven-foot-tall NBA All Star has made this story uniquely his own, readers will identify with Carroll's experiences of family, tragedy, self-doubt, new discoveries, failures, and success. The memoir also contains seventy of Carroll's paintings.

"Joe Barry Carroll's Growing Up is poetic, strong, fragile, and honest. It tells universal stories that flow, and move us and remind us how resilient the human spirit can be." - Kenny Leon, Tony Award-winning Broadway stage, Television and Film Director