Syrup Sandwiches: Choose Not to Give Up! - Paperback

by Anthony Owens (Author)

Syrup Sandwiches is a powerful story about a boy who defeats the odds, rising above the expected outcome for a child raised in poverty. Subjected to neglectful, abusive men, Anthony Owens still becomes a successful man and the caring, responsible father he never had. Anthony is one of the underrepresented voices in American - a black man raised by a single mother struggling to make ends meet, he speaks for the voices that so often go unheard. Anthony is a child who made it out against the odds of poverty, an absentee father, trauma, violence, and gang brutality. Breaking the cycle of his circumstances he makes a way out of no way. Syrup Sandwiches is an inspiring story that gives hope to all children of poverty. Syrup Sandwiches is a must-read book in a time when society is looking at stories that speak to the black American experience, this is a story that is unapologetically authentic.