The author of an inspirational memoir will be featured on June 25 at the June Festival of Writers at the Decatur Library.

Businessman Sam Bracken will discuss “My Orange Duffel Bag: A Journey to Radical Change.”

Bracken, who was abandoned at age 15, battled homelessness, poverty and abuse to earn a full-time football scholarship to Georgia Tech. When he left for college, everything he owned fit into an orange duffel bag.

He charts his personal life transformation in the award-winning, illustrated memoir. Bracken is the general manager of Franklin Covey Media Publishing Co.

The talk begins at 7:15 p.m. Decatur Library is at 215 Sycamore St. in downtown Decatur. For more information, visit georgia

centerforthebook.org or dekalblibrary.org or call 404-370-8450, Ext. 2225.