Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Beaufort BooksISBN-13:9780825310324ISBN-10:825310326UPC:9780825310324Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, African American & Black, Small Town & RuralSize:8.58 x 5.93 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.23Product ID:SCRSZGKWNZ
2024 National Indie Excellence Award for African American Fiction
2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for African American Fiction
2024 NYC Big Book Award for General Fiction
2024 American Book Fest Best Book Award for African American Fiction James Henry Ferguson doesn't belong here. After a highly publicized fall from grace, James attempts to flee from the chaos in his life. He ends up in a community he had never heard of before, one that has been neglected and ignored by everyone in rural Ham, Mississippi. A place of abject poverty, the neighborhood is commonly referred to as "Around the Way." Within a place forgotten by the rest of the world, politics can be a dangerous game. When a troubling discovery is made, the entire neighborhood is rocked to its core and James is forced to confront his own past in order to help the community have a future. He will have to find the strength to fight for the neighbors he once disregarded and avert a heart-breaking disaster. A self-identified failure is forced to uncover the wisdom of his past in order to recognize that money can't solve every problem. Full of never-ending twists and turns, no one can prepare themselves for the surprises in store. Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way is a story about failure, self-discovery, empowerment, and the possibility of redemption.
2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for African American Fiction
2024 NYC Big Book Award for General Fiction
2024 American Book Fest Best Book Award for African American Fiction James Henry Ferguson doesn't belong here. After a highly publicized fall from grace, James attempts to flee from the chaos in his life. He ends up in a community he had never heard of before, one that has been neglected and ignored by everyone in rural Ham, Mississippi. A place of abject poverty, the neighborhood is commonly referred to as "Around the Way." Within a place forgotten by the rest of the world, politics can be a dangerous game. When a troubling discovery is made, the entire neighborhood is rocked to its core and James is forced to confront his own past in order to help the community have a future. He will have to find the strength to fight for the neighbors he once disregarded and avert a heart-breaking disaster. A self-identified failure is forced to uncover the wisdom of his past in order to recognize that money can't solve every problem. Full of never-ending twists and turns, no one can prepare themselves for the surprises in store. Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way is a story about failure, self-discovery, empowerment, and the possibility of redemption.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Beaufort BooksISBN-13:9780825310324ISBN-10:825310326UPC:9780825310324Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, African American & Black, Small Town & RuralSize:8.58 x 5.93 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.23Product ID:SCRSZGKWNZ
Born in Smithfield, VA, Jeffrey is the award-winning author of three novels. He is also an Emmy award-winning television director and a 2016 inductee to the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame. During a 34-year career at NBC News, Jeffrey directed a decade of Meet The Press and was the first African-American to direct the Today show. He is an award-winning documentary scriptwriter for films and interactives that are now on display in the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.
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