Maurice Lennon

From ChildHOOD to Man (eBook, ePUB)

Slipping? Falling? You. Can. Get Up!

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drugs, death and detention are no strangers to Maurice Lennon. Hailing from Brooklyn, Maurice takes us on a journey of inequality, poverty, crime and victory.

'ChildHOOD to Man' is a captivating book that sees Maurice adapt to his environment as he grows from child to man in USA, Jamaica, and the UK. Having been told by school teachers that he wouldn't make it to twenty-one as an African American male, this story is a victorious tale of beating the statistics in a world systemically hostile towards Black males even before they were born.

Having swapped school books for a life of crime, drugs and gangs and consequently surviving Rikers Island, ex-prisoner Maurice knows that something has to change. Will he find happiness and settle down? How will he ensure others from the community don't follow his path?

Set in a time when crack cocaine was pushed into the Black communities in the USA, Jamaica, and the UK, 'ChildHOOD to Man' is an important book as it sheds light on an era that has received little reckoning or recognition. Tragically, to this day, these communities are still coming back from the psychological, racial and economically devastating effects of crack cocaine.

This is Maurice's story. This is how he overcame the repetitive "Black men don't live too long in this world" narrative and how he continues to learn and grow to this day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Conscious Dreams Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781915522184
• Artikelnr.: 67376057

Autorenporträt

MAURICE LENNON IS A 60-year-old father of three children and grandfather of two grandchildren. He works as a traffic marshall in the construction industry. When he is not doing that, you may find him in the gym as he is a great lover of sports and athletics. He also loves to read books that are culturally, spiritually, and mentally uplifting and informing.Maurice first discovered a love for the English language and literature in early childhood. After hearing about his life, a number of key individuals have said that he should write his own story.Maurice is a man of stories, and he loves to share them in oral and written form. He is a student of life and likes to observe and learn from it. He is excited to be doing so in the writing of his first book and life story, From ChildHOOD to Man. He also plans to turn his attention to short stories: stories with messages that invite the reader to learn from life by listening to other stories where people, like Maurice, have triumphed over adversity, beating the statistics. Self-knowledge and self-confidence is everything, as the late great Marcus Garvey said 'If you haven't confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.'