Hook's Line is the memoir of John Hook, and the subtitle says it plainly: a life built from nothing. Growing up in the hardscrabble oil town of Wink, Texas, John was the kid nobody quite knew what to do with — restless, unconventional, and determined to find his own way. From California dreaming to learning the car business from the ground up, from striking out on his own to expanding both his enterprise and his family, John's story is one of relentless self-making. It isn't without its setbacks — a first marriage that rose and fell, new beginnings that had to be built from scratch — but throughout it all, John Hook kept going, kept building, and kept believing that starting from nothing was never a reason to end up with nothing. A memoir for anyone who has ever had to make their own luck.