He chased the American Dream. Did his cutthroat journey break him...or see him reach his greatest achievement?
Northern California, 1978. Martin Sawa refused to let poverty define his future. After growing up the son of penniless Ukrainian immigrants, the almost-thirty-year-old impulsively quit his nine-to-five to become a real estate salesperson working solely on commission. Determined to prosper despite his bare trickle of income and deteriorating home life, he set out to mold himself into a major player in San Francisco''s high-stakes commercial minefield.
As Sawa pushed his career forward-making bigger deals at each painstaking step up-he had one hand on the prize he''d dreamed of for years. But with stress driving him to alcoholism and poor choices, it took tragedy to force him to confront the true cost of
