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Jackie Alexander
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Product details
- ISBN 9781596528956
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 08 Nov 2012
- Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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From renowned playwright Jackie Alexander comes a captivating, masterfully told coming-of-age novel of a young man struggling through his haunting past to discover and save himself.
Stigmatized at birth due to his interracial parentage and reared in a household poisoned by domestic abuse, Kevin Matthews is orphaned at age ten after losing his mother to a violent attack at the hands of his father, who is jailed for the crime. Raised by his paternal grandfather, a Baptist Minister who instills values of the church as a base for recovery, Kevin is content with life in rural Louisiana during the 1970s until disturbing news surfaces regarding his mother's attack—news that sheds doubt on his father's guilt, and leads Kevin to relive painful memories. As Kevin grows up, the emotional scars of his childhood cast dark clouds over his relationships with women, and his life begins to spiral out of control. Faced with losing all that he loves, Kevin is forced to confront the man who holds the key to his salvation, his father.
Our Daily Bread is a rich and compelling coming-of-age story of a young boy whose journey takes us from the bayous of Louisiana to the big city lights of New York and Paris. Examining family, race, religion, and the lingering effects of domestic abuse, Our Daily Bread questions what defines one's legacy: the surroundings we are born into, or the choices we make thereafter.
Jackie Alexander was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is an actor, writer, and director, whose debut film, Joy, was honored with a 2002 Best Feature Film Award by The Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. As a playwright, his work has been produced Off-Broadway, and regionally throughout the country. He lives in New York.
