Hold Love Strong

Born to a thirteen-year-old in the bathroom of his family's small apartment, Abraham Singleton enters a world laden with the obstacles inherent in an impoverished urban community. But when his mother becomes addicted to crack and his uncle--the family's basketball prodigy and their potential ticket out of poverty--is arrested and convicted, the last glimmer of hope is extinguished. Then a college scholarship offers Abraham a way out, but what of those he will leave behind? Tossed into tumultuous times, Abraham and his family struggle to overcome their grim environment and the crushing weight of the past. .In the vein of Richard Wright's Native Son, this novel is a wake-up call to America "told exceptionally well in the lyrical first person voice of a sensitive and perceptive youth" ( Booklist ). A spellbinding coming-of-age novel about love, hope, and the will to survive, Hold Love Strong is a revealing look inside the nation's crumbling housing projects, and a universal story about the incredible capacity of the human spirit..

Author: Matthew Aaron Goodman
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 03/16/2010
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.56w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9781416562047

About the Author
Goodman, Matthew Aaron: - Matthew Goodman earned a B.A. degree in literature from Brandeis University and an MFA from Emerson College. He has been a student of writing at the 92nd Street Y, Breadloaf Writer's Conference, and the Vermont Studio Center, and has taught and worked in inner-city communities for years. Working hand-in-hand with formerly incarcerated men and women, he created The Leadership Alliance, a community empowerment project that unites community leaders and volunteer partners. He lives with his wife in Brooklyn, New York.Goodman, Matthew Aaron: - Matthew Goodman earned a B.A. degree in literature from Brandeis University and an MFA from Emerson College. He has been a student of writing at the 92nd Street Y, Breadloaf Writers Conference, and the Vermont Studio Center, and has taught and worked in inner-city communities for years. Working hand-in-hand with formerly incarcerated men and women, he created The Leadership Alliance, a community empowerment project that unites community leaders and volunteer partners. He lives with his wife in Brooklyn, New York.