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Fringes You Are What Your Father Is
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 13 2024
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
FRINGES IS A RAW AND REDEMPTIVE URBAN TALE THAT FOLLOWS TYRONE, A YOUNG BLACK MAN WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN DEFINED BY THE STREETS, STRUGGLE, AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY. GROWING UP IN A TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD, TYRONE FACES A WORLD WHERE POVERTY, VIOLENCE, AND SYSTEMIC RACISM ARE EVERYDAY REALITIES. WITH HIS MOTHER OVERWORKED AND HIS FATHER ABSENT, HE LEARNS TO NAVIGATE THE HARSH STREETS OF HIS CITY, GAINING RESPECT AND SURVIVAL SKILLS, BUT LOSING PIECES OF HIMSELF ALONG THE WAY.
WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS THE BLACK HEBREW ISRAELITE MOVEMENT, TYRONE IS CAPTIVATED BY THE MESSAGE OF BEING ONE OF GOD'S
CHOSEN PEOPLE! HE ADOPTS THE NAME YARAMYAH AND FINDS PURPOSE WITHIN THE MOVEMENT, RISING THROUGH ITS RANKS AND PREACHING A MESSAGE OF PRIDE AND DEFIANCE. BUT AS HE DIGS DEEPER, HE BEGINS TO NOTICE CRACKS IN THE DOCTRINE AND ENCOUNTERS QUESTIONS THAT HIS NEW FAITH CANNOT ANSWER.
THE MOVEMENT'S TEACHINGS CONFLICT WITH HIS OWN EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING OF SPIRITUALITY, JUSTICE, LOVE AND THE MEANING OF YOU ARE WHAT YOUR FATHER IS.
IT IS A STORY OF REDEMPTION, A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF FAITH, AND A REMINDER THAT EVERY SOUL HAS A CHANCE TO BREAK FREE FROM THE PAST AND FIND A PATH TO HOPE. IT'S ABOUT CONFRONTING THE LIES WE TELL'OURSELVES, THE TRUTHS WE HIDE M FROM, AND THE COURAGE IT TAKES TO CLAIM A NEW IDENTITY IN THE FACE OF LIFE'S HARSHEST REALITIES. TYRONE'S JOURNEY IS ONE OF RESILIENCE, AS HE MOVES FROM-A LIFE OF SURVIVAL TO A LIFE OF MEANING, FINALLY EMBRACING THE LIGHT THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITHIN HIS REACH.
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