Publisher's Synopsis
From the mind of J. A. Faulkerson comes TRUE BUILD & Other Stories, a short story collection that introduces readers to characters caught up in situations that strike at the heart of what it means to relate to each other as Compassionate Neighbors.
Readers will join Winston as he travels back in time, to 1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood District, where over 300 Black residents were massacred by an unhinged, White mob. Then, there is Christian, a first-year, undergraduate student at Georgetown University, who teaches those around him a valuable lesson about why it isn't wise to judge a book by its cover. Fifty-year-old Blessing had reservations about driving down to Virginia Beach with Peta for the weekend to meet up with three of Peta's friends, all white. But she does, only to share news that tests the group's ability to be empathetic to the trials and tribulations of a Black woman. Lastly, there's Mason, a Black man who is paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, who must use his words to disarm a teenage, Black thug. These four stories, taken together, should awaken us to the need to hold each other a little tighter in our ongoing quest to build a more fair, just and equitable America.
