Lamar odom biography book

Lamar Odom says the story of his life is not about his marriage to Khloe Kardashian, or the drugs that nearly killed him: “It’s really a story of triumph.”

Throughout his life, he has suffered from trauma, death and addiction.

And it was his children, including his daughter Destiny, who helped pull him out of his darkest moments.

Odom's story starts in Queens, New York. His father was addicted to heroin, he said, and he was raised by his mother, Cathy Mercer.

She had the “best smile,” Odom told Juju Chang in an exclusive ABC News interview.

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“That unconditional love. And I think throughout my life, subconsciously, that's what I was searching for.”

Odom's mother left his father and took Odom to live in his grandmother’s house, where they shared the same room.

Odom said it was there that the two shared some of his fondest memories.

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