Warrior Rising: How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood Howland Maryanne
Warrior Rising: How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood Howland Maryanne An eye-opening look at one mother's determination to provide positive male role models for her son, and the power…
Specifikacia Warrior Rising: How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood Howland Maryanne
Warrior Rising: How Four Men Helped a Boy on His Journey to Manhood Howland Maryanne
An eye-opening look at one mother's determination to provide positive male role models for her son, and the power of great mentoring to change lives.When MaryAnne Howland's son was turning thirteen she organized a Black Mitzvah rite of passage celebration for him. To help fill the father-shaped hole in Max's life as he transitioned from boyhood to manhood, MaryAnne invited four men from different corners of her life --an engineer, a philanthropist, a publisher, and a financial planner--to become Max's mentors.Max has faced many challenges. Max is one of the one-in-three children in America being raised without a father in the home.
As a boy without a consistent father figure in his life, as an African-American male in a time when race relations in this country continue to be fraught, and also because Max was born premature and as a result has cerebral palsy, he