📚 About the book:

Here's a confession: I am the son of o dead 'BOs bold star. Until one day, I was not. But by then, it was too late to take it bock.

In SON OF A DEAD '80s BOLD STAR, award-winning essayist and pop culture writer Chuck D. Smith explores a life defined by a lie: he was raised to believe he was the biological son of Pepsi Paloma, a controversial '80s Philippine actress who died tragically in her teens. This collection of personal essays and entertainment reportages chronicles Smith's journey to make sense of this inherited identity, detailing the grief, joys, and self-discovery he experienced while navigating the exciting and tumultuous world of Philippine show business.

Chuck Smith is a skilled, sophisticated writer. He tackles his complex, difficult subject with courage and an admirable restraint, never indulging in sentimentality or self-pity, thus heightening the tension and emotional power of his narrative.
- Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo

The line between pop culture and the personal has always been unyielding, but Chuck Smith makes it so inevitable that every essay in Son of o Dead '80s Bold Star is washed by the warm glow of the TV screen. Son of o Dead '80s Bold Star is essential, entertaining, and enjoyable - a much needed new voice in Filipino literature.
- Don Jaucian