God Gave Me Some Bad Advice by Byron Harmon
By APOOO • Nov 2nd, 2008 • Category: Book of the Week •
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God Gave Me Some Bad Advice by Byron Harmon is an edgy, humorist and colorful read about the author and his family. Harmon gives readers an up close and personal look of what it was like to grow up in Lake Charles, LA. After reading his rendition, I can understand why he does not want to return and am happy that he made it out. Albeit ignorant of what life in the Army would entail, joining was the best thing that happened to him. No child should get left behind in Lake Charles, because if you are an African-American male there are not too many options. As Harmon stated, hist friends are either dead, in jail or on drugs. After leaving for basic training and returning after four months, Harmon realized, as did his friends, that he had already started to move on…and leave them behind…when he could do something as small as pay for his own 40 malt liquor and not have to split the cost with them. After serving four years in the Army, touring the world, including spending time in a combat zone, moving back to Lake Charles was like moving back in time. Spending time in Atlanta, taking menial jobs with hard work and poor pay, his dad’s death, and his faith in God all attributed to him making life-changing decisions.
God Gave Me Some Bad Advice is an entertaining and enlightening book about CNN Executive Producer Byron Harmon. If you enjoy memoirs, as well as stories about individuals who have overcome some of life’s cirecumstances, I recommend this one.
Yasmin
APOOO BookClub
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