Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny
Book Review: Excellent Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book for my daughter who works within the juvenile justice system in Australia. I read it before sending to her and thought it was really great and think she will fine very helpful within her workBook Review: Manifest Your Destiny
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was an excellent, helpful and thought provoking guide to not just males but also females. Each chapter provided insight into an individual's life; with guidance regarding how to address each situation.
Kudos to the author: Hill Harper.
Book Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a must read for every young black male, and even female. I loved it! I brought for my 16 year old nephew and his close friends. I also brought a copy for myself to read along and ensure they were reading too.Book Review: Letters To A Young Brother
Summary: 3 Stars
This book addresses areas of concern to not only young black males, but all adolescent boys. For example, relationships with mothers, performance in school, gang affiliation, drugs and so on. The fact that it is written by a successful black man, in fact a movie star who draws on his celebrity connections frequently, should pull young readers in. Unfortunately the writer, in my opinion, is unable to sustain interest in the novel because he really has no "novel" insights. It is in the end a sermon by someone who was never really in the trenches, (though sometimes he implies he had a lot in common with his targeted audience) but a child brought up in a privileged family. There are too many overused cliches that sound good, but are difficult to implement. For example, "You never know when a miracle will happen." "Do the thing that frightens you." "Your best self will continually evolve."
OK, just what does that mean to a kid with serious drug, school suspensions, bad home life, missing parents and other issues. Hill's heart is in the right place, and the title is cleverly modeled on Rielke's work, Letters To A Young Poet, but as a teacher looking for some gems with which to inspire my sometimes troubled, insecure, unmotivated, searching, disillusioned, unloved adolescent students, I mined in vain.
Book Review: A wonderful tool for young men
Summary: 5 Stars
Having seen Hill Harper on the Oprah Show, I was anxious to read the book because I have a ministry that sends books to two prisons. I ordered two copies, read one and then sent both to one of the prisons. The librarian said she gave them to two men to read and that they are going to use the books for seminars for young inmates. Harper's incites are thoughtful and hard hitting. He stresses responsibility, integrity and honor.