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Saving Our Sons - by Marita Golden (Paperback)

Saving Our Sons - by  Marita Golden (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this fiercely lyrical and revealing narrative, the author of Wild Women Don't Wear No Blues has created a work of profound and lasting importance--a book that sensitively and uniquely addresses the problems of boyhood and emerging manhood. "Golden's complex and heartfelt understanding of life in the 'hood will stir your soul".--Entertainment Weekly.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When Marita Golden decided to write her personal account of the challenges of raising a black son in today's world, she didn't intend to write more than her own family's story. But through the story of raising her son against the backdrop of a racially divided society, Golden discovered she was also confronting the causes of the violence that surrounds African-American men. <p/>In the fierecely lyrical and revealing narrative of <i>Saving Our Sons</i>, she has created a work of profound and lasting importance-one that sensitively and uniquely addresses the problems of boyhood and emerging manhood. It is a book that issues a clarion call: The survival of our cities, if not our society, depends on our finding a way to save our sons.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Marita Golden </b>is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction. Her books include <i>After, </i> <i>Migrations of the Heart, Saving Our Sons</i>, and <i>Don't Play in the Sun. </i>She is the founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, an organization that supports African American writers. She lives in Mitchellville, Maryland.

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