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Only Son: A Memoir
Only Son A Memoir
Author: Jeff Coplon, John Johnson
Bedford-Stuyvesant and Harlem, the only son of a man who worked hard to support his family, but also tyrannized them with violent outbursts and regular beatings. His childhood made Johnson tough and angry-and fueled his determination to be a successful black man in a white world. Eventually, he became one of the biggest names in New York televis...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780446525527
ISBN-10: 0446525529
Publication Date: 6/7/2002
Pages: 224
Edition: 1st ed
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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John Johnson had it all--money, fame, success as a news anchorman. Then suddenly, he walked away from all he had worked so hard to achieve. Why?
ONLY SON is a raw and compelling memoir of an African-American man forced to come to grips with his painful past in order to navigate his future. John Johnson powerfully lays out his life's journey for the reader, from he anger of early poverty to his solid commercial successes, and finally to his liberation through forgiveness, in a complex look at both the inspiration and burdens generated by family.


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