An Essence best-selling author, Travis Hunter is acclaimed for the way he honestly confronts the issues facing African-American men. Jermaine Banks is a pot dealer in Philadelphia, father to a three-year-old boy, and committed partner to his pregnant girlfriend. As he approaches his 30th birthday and suffers the loss of a close friend to gang violence, he realizes it's time for some changes. Being a good father, and possibly husband, means finding a legitimate job and getting his family away from the ghetto. Can he stop being a trouble man?
Download and start listening now!
"This book has a lot of drama people dying, people losing their minds, people blaming other people for killing some one else. It's a good book. Travis Hunter is a real good author. His books are mostly about family and what they go through, just like Medea. That why i like his books. "
— Brianna8f (5 out of 5 stars)
" This book has a lot of drama people dying, people losing their minds, people blaming other people for killing some one else. It's a good book. Travis Hunter is a real good author. His books are mostly about family and what they go through, just like Medea. That why i like his books. "
— Brianna8f, 5/30/2010Travis Hunter was born Florence, South Carolina and decided to start writing his first novel, The Hearts of Men, because he couldn’t find any good books with positive African American male leads. He has written the novels Married But Still Looking, Trouble Man, A One Woman Man, Something to Die For, A Family Sin, Dark Child and the latest, Momma’s a Virgin.
Mark Damon Johnson is an actor, known for Sweet and Lowdown, It Runs in the Family, and Grace & Glorie. In 2010, he won the Obie Award for his performances in “The Brother/Sister Plays” trilogy.