Book Giveaway For Patches Of Grey

[close] Tony Johnson is soon to graduate from much more than high school. Although his zip code places him in a Bronx tenement pre “rise of Obama”, his sights are set far beyond the trappings of a humble upbringing. But Tony's collegiate dreams are not embraced by his father, and dating a white classmate only exacerbates their fragile relationship. His brother’s rebellious ways endanger him on gang ruled streets and his sister's chastity is on shaky ground, but it is Tony who incurs the majority of their father's wrath. His perceived sins are 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 patience of his mother, asserts his independence rather than allowing his fate to be set by chance and circumstance. 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.

"Pickering's style is fluid and crisp. There's a certain clarity to the prose that's considered and well judged - just enough to paint the picture and more than enough to drive along the narrative." - Khome (UnheardWords.com)

First chapter can be found online at http://www.freebookexcerpts.com/2009/04/... [close]