Award-winning author Chuck D. Smith unpacks inherited stories in Son of a Dead ’80s Bold Star

UST Publishing House has announced the release of Son of a Dead '80s Bold Star, a collection of essays by award-winning writer Chuck D. Smith.

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In Son of a Dead '80s Bold Star, Smith explores and excavates a life that was defined by an unusual circumstance.

As a child, he was led to believe that his biological mother was Pepsi Paloma, one of Philippine's most controversial and tragic pop culture figures. Pepsi was an actress who showbiz described as a "bold star," a female protagonist in low budget, occasionally experimental sexually explicit films that dominated Philippine cinemas during the 1980s. The actress died when Smith was just three months old.

Hence, Pepsi's story, lore and ghost became a defining part of Smith’s life and sense of self.