Broken Places
-
- 4,99 €
-
- 4,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
A vicious lie plunges Robert Robinsons life into darkness. As he prepares for his freshman year of college, he tries to put his tragic past behind him and move forward. But suppressed sexual desires ignite when he meets Jelin Church, the best friend of his roommate, Shawn Collins.
Shawn Collins, the star shooting guard for the PCU Tigers, has dreams of making it into the NBA, but those dreams are threatened when illegal recruiting gifts surface. Now he must choose between advancing his career or destroying his best friend, Jelin.
Jamal Lewis, a brilliant freshman on an academic scholarship, has plans of earning an MBA and opening a community development center in Newark, New Jersey. But when his father unexpectedly dies, Jamal is confronted with an offer from Shawns basketball coach that seems too good to refuse.
One by one, their lives are entangled in a web of deceit. A tragic racial-profiling incident exposes their secrets, potentially ending their dreams. In order to survive, Robert, Shawn, and Jamal must confront their inner broken places, work together to fight the forces threatening to destroy them, and prove the bond of friendship is stronger than hatred.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Martin's intense and profound novel is about battles that are waged with society, authority, the self, and others. Three young African-American men are assigned to share a dorm room as college freshmen at Pittsburgh City University, but their differences are daunting. Shawn Collins, oversexed and egotistic, is a rising basketball star showered with elaborate recruiting gifts (including a BMW). Robert Robinson, at school on an academic scholarship, is gay, but he's repressed by guilt and his religious faith, and he's always braced for harassment. Jamal Lewis also won an academic scholarship; he maturely and wisely tries to serve as a bridge between his two roommates, befriending Robert and tutoring Shawn. Their lives are changed by the semester they spend together, with Shawn's coach and ex-girlfriend manipulating him, Robert's longings causing him fear and confusion, and Jamal's ethics pushing him toward a dangerous, climactic confrontation. The truths here are poignant, and the realities of racism, homophobia, and the exploitation of young athletes are scrutinized by an insightful author who leaves readers with the hopeful message that "You become strongest in your broken places." (BookLife)
