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Book Review of Only Son: A Memoir

Only Son: A Memoir
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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.