Description
Where conformity suffocates, and escape becomes survival.
Teenyage Runaway begins Ronald J. Schulz’s unflinching memoirs of the late 1960s, tracing his life as a restless teenager determined to break free. Raised in the suburban shadow of Chicago, Schulz bristled under bullying classmates, authoritarian teachers, and parents consumed by conflict. By fifteen, he was determined to flee—not just from his home, but from the suffocating expectations of society itself.
With raw honesty, Schulz recounts the humiliations, fights, and daily struggles of his freshman year, building toward his carefully plotted escape. Drawing on the literature of World War II escapees, he treated the suburban streets like enemy territory and crafted his own plans for freedom. His story is both deeply personal and broadly resonant—a chronicle of a generation unwilling to quietly accept the roles carved out for them.
Highlights include:
- Stark depictions of high school bullying, hazing, and survival in a hostile environment.
- Honest reflections on fractured family life, parental conflict, and generational divides.
- The lure of the 1967 “Summer of Love” and the wider counterculture movement.
- A teenager’s meticulous, desperate preparations to break free into the unknown.
Both memoir and social history, Teenyage Runaway captures the raw energy of the 1960s counterculture at its roots, told through the eyes of a boy determined to carve out his own future—even if it meant running away.
Written by Ronald Schulz
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