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Harris Men

Harris Men Contemporary literature

Harris Men

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RM Johnson's extraordinary debut is a stirring family portrait that resonates with emotion and wit, as a father faces death -- and the three sons he abandoned so many years before. "Mr. Harris, I'm sorry, but you have cancer". Although devastated to learn he has just one year to live, fifty-five-year-old Julius Harris has always known that the day would come when he would pay for walking out on his wife and three children twenty years earlier. Now, with a sudden and passionate determination to make his family whole again, Julius begins trying to find a way back to his sons. Caleb, the youngest, struggling to support a son and make his way in a relentless world, couldn't care less about his own absentee father. Middle son Marcus can't abide even his father's memory, which gets in the way of his committing to the one woman who has turned his life around. And Austin, Julius' eldest child, so adores what he remembers of his father that he's following in his footsteps, abandoning his wife and children just as Julius had done. Inspired by RM Johnson's own fragile family history, THE HARRIS MEN is his poignant exploration of the increasing problem of absentee fathers -- and of the compromises made by the families they leave behind. As the Harris men grapple with their fears and their choices, Johnson gets to the very heart of what it means to be a man.
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Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2000-04-01
Publication Date:
2000-04-01
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0743400593
ISBN13:
9780743400596
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
295 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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