It is 1947 in Belhaven, North Carolina, a small cotton textile mill town on the outer shoulders of Charlotte. While growing up within a strict Baptist working-class family and a segregated South, twelve-year-old Tobe Stanhope never sees a single colored student in school. But little does he know that the old South is on the verge of a civil rights movement that will change everything. Tobes journey from childhood into adulthood is a perilous one as he struggles with fundamental questions about his religion and male-female relationships. As he wrestles with his identity, independence, intellectual growth, social conscience, a spiritual crisis, and the search for truth and meaning, Toby encounters the greatest shock of his young life. Now he must draw upon his years of overcoming a variety of struggles as he clings to his beliefs about love and attempts to understand who is really in charge of his life and his future. In this poignant tale, a young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery as he grows into adulthood, faces challenges, falls in love, and searches for his true potential amid an ever-changing South.
- | Author: Tony J. Stafford
- | Publisher: iUniverse
- | Publication Date: Apr 21, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 148 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
- | ISBN-10: 1532046391
- | ISBN-13: 9781532046391
- Author:
- Tony J. Stafford
- Publisher:
- iUniverse
- Publication Date:
- Apr 21, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 148 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Fiction
- ISBN-10:
- 1532046391
- ISBN-13:
- 9781532046391