My Ride Through Life

My Ride Through Life:  A Cambridge Kid Finds Identity in Dirt Lots, City Schools, and Reggae Beats

Published in October, 2025

ebook: 

• Barnes & Noble

• Amazon

• AppleBooks 

(and other platforms, just do a search)

paperback: 

Stores (I replenish copies as they are sold)

• Belmont Books (2 copies, biography section - you can order from them online!)

• Harvard Bookstore  (3 copies, biography section)

• The Book Rack (in Arlington, 3 copies, local authors section)

• Porter Square Books (they're carrying it, but a bit slow to put a new one on the shelf when bought - but as of 11/8 they do have one on the shelf)

• Bryn Mawr Books (1 copy, Cambridge section)

• Barrow Bookstore (in Concord, 3 copies, as of Nov. 12)

Libraries

• Arlington Public Library (Robbins branch, local authors section)

• Cambridge Public Library (ebook and audio book - can order paperback through Minuteman network)

Online Sellers:

• Belmont Books (they will ship to you!)

• Amazon *

• Barnes & Noble *

• Walmart *

* both of these use the "print on demand" process; the images are fine, but not quite as high quality as the locally-printed books you'll find in the bookstore.  If you want the better quality, you can buy from the bookstore—or if you're not local, you can fill out this form and I will send it to you

audiobook:

• Audible 

• Barnes and Noble 

• TuneIn

• AppleMusic

• Kobo App

• Everand

• Hoopla

• Soon available on Spotify 

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My Ride Through Life traces the author’s family roots and follows the winding path of his early life, transporting the reader back to the world of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the 1960s and ‘70s, and navigating the neighborhoods of Boston in the 1980s and ‘90s. Along the way, he raises important and universal questions: How do our families and communities influence our views on race and rights, class and culture?  In what ways do our curiosities and insecurities affect the direction we take in life? What aspects of our identities are essential to who we are?

In this fun, honest, and thought-provoking memoir, Anthony Beckwith uses lively anecdotes and a conversational style to share his story and invite readers to reflect on the sources of their own identities. Insightful, warm, and full of unexpected turns, My Ride Through Life will resonate with readers of all ages and backgrounds.

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Audio clip from the middle of Ch.5, about sneaking into the not-yet-done new CRLS building in 1979: