Publisher Description
The Three Doctors—Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt—discovered early in their friendship that they shared one disturbing trait: as children, they had to navigate life in inner-city Newark without a father's support and guidance. While each young man dealt with the turmoil caused by an absent father, with no male role model to turn to for advice, each veered dangerously close to a life of delinquency, drugs, and crime. But despite great odds, the three overcame the statistics. In high school, they formed the Pact, a promise to one another that they would become doctors, and it kept them dedicated to one another and to their dream and helped to put them on the road to successful careers as physicians.
In The Bond, the Three Doctors plumb their own tough childhoods to explore the national epidemic of fatherlessness. But rather than cling to any bitterness or pain they may have felt as children about their fathers' inability to be in their lives, as adults Davis, Jenkins, and Hunt sought out their fathers and worked to reconnect with them. In the doctors' own words—and their fathers'—they describe the crucial lessons they learned, identifying ways to stem the tide of fatherlessness that's sweeping through communities across the country. Honest, brave, and poignant, The Bond is a book for every family, every father, and every man.
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"This should be required reading for any person that thinks they want to become a parent. These brothers clearly understand and explain just how much our children need both parents in their lives to build their self-esteem and self-purpose in life.
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About the Authors
Sampson Davis was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers The Pact, We Beat the Street, and The Bond. He is the youngest physician to receive the National Medical Association’s highest honor, the Scroll of Merit. He is a recipient of Essence and BET humanitarian awards and was named by Essence as one of the forty most inspirational African Americans. He is a founder of the Three Doctors Foundation and practices medicine in New Jersey.
Dr. Rameck Hunt is one of “The Three Doctors” and has co-authored 3 books: two New York Times Bestsellers, The Pact and We Beat the Street and their latest book is an Essence Bestseller, The Bond.
Dr. Hunt has been a featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, CNN and the Today Show, just to name a few. A documentary of The Three Doctors, The Pact airs regularly on public television. Dr. Hunt is also the co-founder of The Three Doctors Foundation whose mission is to create opportunities for communities through, health, education, leadership and mentoring.
Dr. Rameck Hunt is board certified in Internal Medicine. He has a private practice and is on faculty at the University Medical Center at Princeton in New Jersey. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is also the Internal Medicine Clerkship Director for the third year medical students at Princeton. Dr. Hunt is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He resides in Princeton New Jersey.
Richard Allen is an accomplished and respected theatrical actor whose work includes Ragtime and PBS’ Great Performances: Play On! His voice can be heard on numerous television and radio productions, as well as the animated series Jumanji. Allen is also the winner of seven AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Richard Allen is an accomplished and respected theatrical actor whose work includes Ragtime and PBS’ Great Performances: Play On! His voice can be heard on numerous television and radio productions, as well as the animated series Jumanji. Allen is also the winner of seven AudioFile Earphones Awards.
About Richard Allen
Richard Allen is an accomplished and respected theatrical actor whose work includes Ragtime and PBS’ Great Performances: Play On! His voice can be heard on numerous television and radio productions, as well as the animated series Jumanji. Allen is also the winner of seven AudioFile Earphones Awards.