Sacred Bond: Black Men and Their Mothers

by Keith Michael Brown

Book Overview

The coming together of two bestsellers--Mothers and Daughters and The Color of Water--Sacred Bond offers a powerful book that reveals the most influential force in the lives of African-American men:... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316105562
• ISBN13: 9780316105569
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Wonderful!

As I read this book, I could see myself in every one of the mothers. I laughed, I cried, and I was blessed to be touched by their experiences. As a mother, it was reassuring to read that I am on the right track. Through their trials and tribulations, the bond strengthened. To the authoris: Thank you for capturing these magnificent stories. To the mothers/sons: Thank you for letting us into your life.

Sacred Bond is the most encouraging book I have ever read.

From the beginning to the ending of this book, I cried and laughed. It is the most uplifting book I have ever read in my life. It helped me to reminisce on my upbringing and how I am blessed to have had my mother and both grandmothers set examples for me as strong matriarchs. Sacred bond is very precious to me, especially now that I have my own son. I haved learned some of the things I should focus on and encourage him with from this book. It has helped me to see that I too need to be involved with my son not just while he is a baby but always. It helped me to see that I should make sure he is educated and stand up for what he believes. This was a resounding theme I got from all the mothers in Sacred Bond. I also learned from Sacred Bond that once my son achieves adulthood I should be active in his life, but learn to let him live his own life. James Love's story about his mother Henrietta Love was my favorite. Through his tragedy of being shot while under cover as a narcartics agent, he was helped to see his mother's strength and learned how it affected his life as a narcartics agent and in general. He thought his mother would go off her rocker when she found out he had been shot. Instead, she was cool and kept her head. She was strong through it all and helped her baby heal and get back on his feet. My favorite picture in the book is the one with Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Deputy Attorney General and his mother Miriam Holder. This photo captures the love and pride a mother has when she sees all the work and devotion she has given to her child or children come to fruition. I could tell from the photo that both were proud to be apart of the other.I loved this book and throughout the rest of my life will always refer back to it from time to time as I grow with my own son. I hope that one day my son will be able to look back and say that I too was a strong, devoted and determined mother. Most of all I hope he can say he is proud to be my son. I don't think any of the sons in sacred bond would trade their mother in, regardless of the situations they grew up in. I hope my son will fill the same about me.

Reveals the right direction in the making of a Black man.

Shows the sacrifices and determination of Mothers who are working against the odds to raise a successful boy into a successful Black Man. The home is the first school of education for children and Mother, indeed, is the first teacher which goes with a person until the end of life.

An enlightening and important tribute to all women.

What an insightful and important work! In this book, Mr. Brown has articulated what most of us have always wanted to say to all the women who raised us. Each story is unique and captures the complexity of that bond. I recommend this inspirational book to anyone who has been loved and nurtured by an incredible women.

Great Read

I thought that this was a great book. It was enlightening and comforting to see black men and the positive relationships that they have with their mothers. One thing that puzzled me was that you had bi-racial men who did not want to say that they were black nor their other race. I thought that this book was about black men and their relationships with their mothers. I think by appearing in this book, they did choose.