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High School senior in pre “rise of Obama” Bronx, NY falls in love and asserts independence rather than allowing fate to be set by chance, circumstance, stubborn prejudice and father’s iron will
Randall Radic's review of PATCHES OF GREY for AlvahsBooks.com can be found at http://www.alvahsbooks.com/?p=417 ********** Tony Johnson is soon to graduate from much more than high school. Although his zip code places him in a Bronx tenement, his sights are set far beyond the trappings of a humble upbringing. Collegiate dreams and dating a white classmate put him strongly at odds with his father. His brother C.J.’s rebellious ways endanger his life on gang ruled streets and the chastity of their sister Tanya is lost, but Tony incurs the majority of wrath for the sins of ambition, loving blindly, and unrestrained optimism. When Lionel Johnson’s job and role as primary breadwinner are lost, his authority erodes and bitterness is dealt with one drink at a time. Tony, who lacks the seemingly servile disposition of his mother, asserts his right to be the man he chooses to be. But throughout the course of Roy Pickering's engrossing debut novel PATCHES OF GREY, Tony learns that the world is not as black and white as he and his father's opposing mind sets suggest. Available at Amazon.********** To read the first chapter go to http://www.freebookexcerpts.com/2009/04/22/patches-of-grey-by-roy-l-pickering-jr/ *****An additional excerpt from Patches of Grey is located at: http://lineaday.blogspot.com/2009/01/excerpt-from-patches-of-grey.html