Rating: 4.00 (1 ratings)
First published 2021
Paul Coates is a Vietnam vet, Black Panther, and autodidact on a mission: to steer his seven sons, including the sensitive Ta-Nehisi and the streetwise Big Bill, through the violence and crack cocaine ravaging 1980s Baltimore. With a mix of tough love, Black history lessons, and sheer force of will, he fights to get them to the safety of Howard University. But their divergent paths and the city's crumbling civilization test the limits of his resolve. A poignant father-son saga of survival against the odds.
Genres: historical-fiction, african-american, coming-of-age, biography-memoir, family-drama, african-american-historical-fiction
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, found-family
240 pages · Paperback · One World
Content warnings: racism, violence