Book of the Month - March

Choke is one of the novels that I read along time ago. It is one of the books that I always tend to talk about when we talk about new books. It was very interesting and weird at the same time. Choke shows the story of Victor through a few months of his life and a flashbacks from his childhood.
grown up moving from one foster home to another, as his mother was found to be unfit to raise him. Several times throughout his childhood, his mother would kidnap him from his various foster parents, though every time they would eventually be caught, and he would again be remanded over to the governmental child welfare agency.
Victor is now a man in his mid-twenties who left medical school in order to find work to support his mother who is now in a nursing home. He cannot afford the care that his mother is receiving so he resorts to being a con man. He consistently goes to various restaurants and purposely causes himself to choke mid-way through his meal. So that people would feel sorry for him and help him with money. I cant really explain how this works but when you read the book you will know what I'm talking about.
Choke is a tale of addiction, mothers, best friends, faking the eighteenth century, and weird doctors—with a little bit of religion thrown in.

PS: this book gives a clear idea on how an addict thinks and how important it is to have a healthy and normal childhood.