I Am Your Father's Brother

I Am Your Father's Brother
Author: George Lopez
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2008-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0595488722

George "Yoye" Lopez grew up in a distinctive area of Tampa, Florida known as Roberts City. Named for the Roberts Cigar Company, the borders of the neighborhood were on the north and east by the Hillsborough River, on the west by North Boulevard and on the south by Green Street. He and members of his family persevered through the Depression years and emerged with a deep appreciation for their neighbors and their experiences in a multi-ethnic community. Eventually, Roberts City was leveled by "progress" in the form of Interstate 75 and urban renewal

I Am Your Peanut Butter Big Brother

I Am Your Peanut Butter Big Brother
Author:
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375856277

A child in an interracial family wonders what his yet-to-be-born sibling will look like.

Brother, I'm Dying

Brother, I'm Dying
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1400041155

In a personal memoir, the author describes her relationships with the two men closest to her--her father and his brother, Joseph, a charismatic pastor with whom she lived after her parents emigrated from Haiti to the United States.

Missbenj

Missbenj
Author: J L Dominek
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1489711317

Beautiful Jeanie had resigned herself to knowing that the cancer had spread, and there was nothing more they could do. She knew the signs and understood her life on earth was drawing to an end. All earthly matters were dealt with including re-homing arrangements for her beloved little dogs. Everything had been settled, and all was in order. Then as she sat in the doctors office waiting for her final appointment, something completely unexpected happens. She meets an oddly familiar stranger who reaches out to her with an expression of charity and generosity. He offers her a place to stay that would provide her with the comfort and solitude that she longed for so she could peacefully pass through her final days. At the time, Jeanie accepted the strangers offer; she did not know that there was more to come. In a matter of days, she had a reason to hope. Her health was improving. Perhaps it was a miracle. She had to know more about this wonderful stranger, and as the story unfolds, we learn that Jeanie is about to live an extraordinary life.