The Harris Men Paperback - 2000
by R. M. Johnson
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- Good
- Paperback
When Julius Harris is diagnosed with terminal cancer at age 55, he sets out to make amends for his past mistakes, most notable leaving a wife and three sons 20 years ago. As he races to reunite the family he once lost, he finds his sons are now men facing trials of their own, trials that resonate with the impact of their father's abandonment so many years ago.
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Details
- Title The Harris Men
- Author R. M. Johnson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-04-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0743400593-3-26135269
- ISBN 9780743400596 / 0743400593
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.32 x 5.18 x 0.88 in (21.13 x 13.16 x 2.24 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Great Lakes
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Illinois
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
About Orion LLC Texas, United States
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From the rear cover
"Mr. Harris, I'm sorry, but you have cancer". Although devastated to learn he has just one year to live, fifty-five-year-old Julius Harris has always known that the day would come when he would pay for walking out on his wife and three children twenty years earlier. Now, with a sudden and passionate determination to make his family whole again, Julius begins trying to find a way back to his sons.
Caleb, the youngest, struggling to support a son and make his way in a relentless world, couldn't care less about his own absentee father. Middle son Marcus can't abide even his father's memory, which gets in the way of his committing to the one woman who has turned his life around. And Austin, Julius' eldest child, so adores what he remembers of his father that he's following in his footsteps, abandoning his wife and children just as Julius had done.
Inspired by RM Johnson's own fragile family history, THE HARRIS MEN is his poignant exploration of the increasing problem of absentee fathers -- and of the compromises made by the families they leave behind. As the Harris men grapple with their fears and their choices, Johnson gets to the very heart of what it means to be a man.
