Growing Pains

Name: Growing Pains
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Dwayne S. Joseph
ISBN: 9781094045603

Author: Dwayne S. Joseph

Narrator: Khalid Hill

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Urban Books

Published: 05/11/2021

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Urban

Synopsis

Dwayne S. Joseph’s talents shine in this compelling coming-of-age novel about seventeen-year-old Brian Moore, who seems to be a “bad kid” thanks to his friends, but who’s also struggling to escape the streets.Despite the straight A’s Brian gets in school, there’s still plenty of trouble swirling around him all the time, threatening to drag him down into it. Brian has no father and his mother, Deahnna, works two jobs and is never around. His teacher, Jawan White, came from the same streets as Brian, and he knows there’s more in Brian’s future than being a thug, but his constant lecturing isn’t helping matters any. But when Jawan falls for Deahnna, and Brian’s girlfriend learns she’s pregnant—that’s when the real drama begins.

About Dwayne S. Joseph

Dwayne S. Joseph began his writing career at the age of thirteen. Commandeering his parents’ computer, he sat for hours on end creating dramatic stories of fiction that earned him the moniker “best storyteller in the Joseph household.” He has consistently set out to entertain his readers with scenarios and characters that they love and love to hate.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jounay Ross

In Growing Pains by Dwayne S. Joseph we are introduced to Jawan White, an 11th grade English teacher at an inner city high school. Jawan returns to the school after having attended the school himself to prove you can grow up in the inner city and not fall victim to the negative influences surroundin......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl

My First Reaction When I Finished: Wow! What a page turner! I was so surprised at all of the action at the end! My Review: Brian was really a smart kid, but he hung with the wrong crowd. They are out to do things to make money, and Brian is really having a bad feeling about what they are planning to d......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

What a wild ride! Wonderful characters and the emotional twists were so heart-wrenching. I'll be thinking about this one for a long time. Great read!......more

Goodreads review by Dianne

Very Good - interersting ending......more