Hearts Of Men
By (Author) Travis Hunter
Random House USA Inc
Villard Books
29th May 2001
United States
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
218g
A Funny, Sexy and Poignant Tale of Three Men at Very Different Stages in their Lives; Sensational newcomer Travis Hunter reveals, through the struggles of his characters and their relationships with one another, what it truly means to have the heart of a man. Tall, dark, and handsome, Prodigy Banks goes from being a ladies' man with a shady past to being a man any mother would be proud to call her son. But when his past life of gratuitous sex and violence threatens his newfound respectability, decisions need to be made. Will he make a man's choice or a boy's guess Bernard Charles is haunted by childhood memories of abandonment and poverty. His workaholic ways and desire to provide his family with all the material things he didn't have frustrate his wife, Diane, and leave her vulnerable to another man's advances. After her betrayal, will Bernard move on or move out Winston "Poppa Doc" Fuller has a fix for what's ailing the younger generation. His wisdom brings healing to everyone he touches, yet he hasn't been able to reach his own thirty-three-year-old son. After Poppa Doc is stricken with lung cancer, his only wish is that his son will become a man before Poppa Doc leaves this earth.
"Entertaining yet enlightening... Holds the reader hostage in his thought-provoking debut. Be prepared to laugh and cry as you examine The Hearts of Men."-E. Lynn Harris; "[Hunter's] work reflects the voice that is often missing - the voice of a brother who loves, listens, and tells his own truth." - Bertice Berry, author of The Haunting of Hip-Hop
Travis Hunter is an author, songwriter and motivational speaker. He is the founder of The Hearts of Men Foundation, through which he mentors underprivileged children. He is currently working on his second novel, Married but Still Looking.