Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story
by Michael Datcher

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Book Review: Moving memoir of a man making his way
Summary: 5 Stars

Datcher methodically takes us on this journey of truth and discovery from his days as a young precocious kid who loved books and language and had a good business sense. He and his friends had businesses, one of stealing bikes and refurbishing them. His academics eventually got him into schools where he was exposed to white kids of higher economic levels. In high school he developed a double life, one at school and another in the neighborhood. He also devloped a stutter but challenged himself by debating. Despite a high school teacher telling him that he should stick with one of the state colleges because U.C. was too tough, he went on to U.C. Berkeley, and pursued his studies. Along the way, he found became a born-again Christian eventually shedding his friends but never completely at peace with the philosophy. He eventually ended back in southern California in grad school and leaving his religion behind, at least that religion that had him tied up in indecisiveness.

He eventually became reacquainted with the black community embracing the artists world and started a writing workshop. And then he met a woman that threw his world into turmoil. The very thing he didn't want, an unwanted, unplanned child was on the way. How he handled this fork in the road over the next year and the surprising turn is a story many young many live. Meanwhile his career is building as he gets becomes a multi-published writer of poetry and essays. He eventually meets the woman who becomes his wife and their love story is beautifully detailed.

This is a must read for young men as a testament to the principles of a man who held to his dreams and comes out a shining example of a man who comes into his own.

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• Books > Subjects > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature
• Ethnic & National > African-American & Black
• Parenting & Relationships
• Social Sciences