The Reading Bud

Book Blog by Heena Rathore-Pardeshi

Guest Post: Author Harold Phifer

Welcome to TRB Lounge!

Today, we are featuring Junis Sultan, author of Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar by Harold Phifer to share his guest article.

About The Author

Harold Phifer

Harold Phifer was born and raised in Columbus, Mississippi. All of his first 25 years were solidly spent inside his home state. After graduating from Mississippi State University and Jackson State University, he went on to work for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for 23 years as an Air Traffic Controller. He left the FAA and began work as an International Contractor, where he has done numerous tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

You can find author Phifer here:
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn | TikTok



Guest Post

A story of a young man survived being reared by a schizophrenic mom and a greedy aunt yet having to deal with bullying, sexual assaults, self confidence, coming of age, an absent father, racism, and dating through his own vision of what life was supposed to be. For more than fifty years, Harold Phifer childhood living conditions remained a secret even to those who thought they knew him best. It wasn’t until an explosion in Afghanistan that his memory blasted back into focus. This book is the result of a long, cathartic chat with a stranger at a beach bar.


About The Book

Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

For more than fifty years, Harold Phifer’s childhood living conditions remained a secret, even from those who thought they knew him best. No one knew about his past growing up with a mother who suffered from mental illness; a greedy aunt; a mindless and spoiled older brother; an absent father.

It wasn’t until an explosion in Afghanistan that his memory was blasted back into focus. This book is the result of a long, cathartic chat with a stranger at a beach bar, where Harold finally found some peace.

You can find Surviving Chaos, How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar here:
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Audible


If you are an author and wish to be interviewed or if you are a publicist and want to get your author interviewed on TRB, then please get in touch through direct e-mail: thereadingbud@gmail.com

I love reading your comments, so please go ahead…

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

I’m Heena

Welcome to The Reading Bud, my cosy corner of the internet dedicated to all things books and authors. Here, I invite you to join me on a journey of discovering under-represented books, independent and small press authors, and all things book with a touch of love and loud purrs. Let’s get Reading!

Book of the Month

Read this captivating story on the adventures and hardships of Frank Knightlite, a man who strives to illuminate darkness with his lantern in search of answers to life’s questions.
You can get it here.
March 2024
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

Reading is like breathing to me.

Recent Posts

  • Book Review: The Convergence: Broken Magic by Richard French

    Book Details: Author: Richard FrenchRelease Date: 1 March 2025Series: Convergence SeriesGenre: Dystopian, Speculative FictionFormat: E-book Pages: 184 pagesPublisher: Indie Pen PressBlurb:Federation Enforcer Samantha Reed has orders to kill Connor Blake—the one person whose soul was torn from hers…

  • Book Review: The Supreme Pastor by Thomas C. Hosey DPM

    Book Details: Author: Thomas C. Hosey DPMRelease Date: 31 July 2025Series: Genre: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, SuspenseFormat: E-book Pages: 260 pagesPublisher: Pegasus PublishersBlurb:Ian thought his quiet life was safe-until the night his uncle was brutally murdered. Narrowly escaping the…

  • Book Review: Singing the Forge by G H Mosson

    Book Details: Author: G H Mosson Release Date: 22 April 2025Series: Genre: PoetryFormat: E-book Pages: 90 pagesPublisher: David Robert BooksBlurb:Singing the Forge explores the singing of what’s shaped us and what we’ve shaped for ourselves. Through poems at times personal,…

  • Book Review: Love Without Borders by Ni Wencai

    Book Details: Author: Ni WencaiRelease Date: 29 July 2025Series: Genre: Memoir, Non-FictionFormat: E-book Pages: 229 pagesPublisher: Earnshaw BooksBlurb:For more than three decades into the early 21st Century, China’s effort to curb population growth through the “one-child policy” created a…

  • Book Review: Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer

    Book Details: Author: Diane Schaffer Release Date: 4 March 2025Series: A Mortal Zin Mystery (Book #1)Genre: Crime Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, HumourFormat: E-book Pages: 408 pagesPublisher: Sibylline PressBlurb:A crusading attorney’s death. Sabotage at a family winery. Secrets buried in California’s…