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Do as we Say, Not as we Do illustrates a attribute between crack-cocaine dependant Daddy C and his means teenage son, Jan Calhoun III during a drum coaster float that is January's final division of high school.

Both Calhoun group are gifted people who tumble plant to their sourroundings and resources in a dangerous, hope-deprived 20 blocks of burst cement and weed filthy lawns that make adult Durkeeville, Florida-an area low in a guts of Jacksonville.

Seventeen-year-old high propagandize tyro Jan Calhoun III is smart, athletic, and powerful. Having warranted his stripes on a streets of a dangerous neighborhood, he is some-more reputable than any teen should be.

His father, Daddy C - a former entertainment all-American and formerly well-connected businessman - is lifting his son on a wing and a prayer. His mom deserted a family when his son was nine-years-old and Daddy C has incited to drugs and alcohol; solemnly failing a genocide of a damaged heart. Father and son live together in a large residence also assigned by Sister Betty, a Bible-quoting mom of Daddy C's disloyal wife.

January's 'play-play' sister and best friend, Cindy Hightower, knows no bounds to her friendship to January. Neither does his girlfriend, Seven Tennille, a tyro during a circuitously Historically Black College. Seven provides Jan with a form of umbrella adore that we all need to make it through.

Trip D. Ought and Earl Brown are January's childhood friends. One is out to assistance him; a other brings some-more disharmony to January's already inconstant life. One knows really small about a genuine Jan Calhoun, a other knows things about him that many people don't - and is peaceful to tell it.

All of January's feelings and thoughts about his fickle life are available in a biography that he keeps dark in an aged Chevrolet Impala.

The finish of a division approaches and we find Jan using for his life. He is stealing from a police, he is gripping secrets from his girlfriend, eluding his possess insecurities, and he hasn't been to propagandize in weeks. Will a time strike twelve before he puts it all behind together? He can run, though can he hide?

Do as we Say, Not as we Do is a singular square of novella novel that doesn't glamorize a man's indiscretions or bad judgment. We follow Jan and his relations during his final division of high propagandize and things occur as they may. The characters are singular and not distinct your uncle or your small brother, during a same time. The characters are flawed, though any one is amicable and conspicuous in their possess way. The book touches on issues of neglect, disastrous influences, and bad self-esteem. Incarceration and obsession are robbing a families of their freedom. It is time for us to teach ourselves by reading and be expelled from a subjugation of addictions. This book brings light to a theme that America wants to brush underneath a rug. Now we can put divided a brooms.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #3117317 in Books
Published on: 2004-12-08
Original language: English
Binding: Paperback
192 pages

Editorial Reviews

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A book that hurdles us to confront and emanate solutions for a realities a immature black group face each day. -- Pastor Roderick L. Ware, Lighthouse Ministries, Sep 10, 2004

Finally a author that doesn't have to abuse and have sex on each other page to keep us intrigued! -- Asadah Kirkland, Tag Team Marketing, Aug 5, 2004

About a Author

Frederick James Preston grew adult in Florida, excelling on a round fields of Orlando. Realizing that genetics would keep him from his NBA dreams, Frederick parlayed his dispatch and business astuteness into an educational grant to Florida A&M University’s prestigious School of Business and Industry.

On a heels of Hip-Hop's rising meridian of informative awareness, self expression, and entrepreneurial confidence, Frederick used his God-given creativity and light for a English denunciation to launch a career in Design and Marketing, formulating thousands of sportswear equipment for clients opposite America.

The regard Frederick perceived for his singular word play supposing a hint he indispensable to perform his pursuit of being a writer. His proclivity to write was fueled by his enterprise to impact a universe in a certain way. If one chairman is discovered from a life of obsession or incarceration, or if one chairman is encouraged to finally follow his/her dreams, or even if one chairman reads his book and develops a lifelong robe of reading, afterwards he feels he's finished his job.