Growing Up:

About The Book

Growing Up is a lyrical memoir that reveals why the tenth of thirteen children “resolved to make it all better one day” for himself and his family. Through his vibrant paintings and southern comfort prose, Carroll shares how an unsure, bow-legged little boy became an NBA overall first round draft pick, wealth advisor, philanthropist, painter and author, and why he refuses to stop growing. While the seven-foot-tall NBA All-Star has made this story uniquely his own, readers will identify with Carroll’s experiences of family, tragedy, self-doubt, new discoveries, failures, and success. The memoir also contains seventy of Carroll’s paintings.

Growing Up reveals why many have called Carroll a Renaissance Man—a professional athlete with an Economics degree, turned philanthropist, wealth manager, artist, writer and southern philosopher. While the story is uniquely his own, readers will identify with the Carroll’s experiences of self-doubt, first love, lost love, and success and failure.