Midnight: A Gangster Love Story

by Sister Souljah

in a wealthy, influential, Islamic African family, Midnight enemies a life of comfort, confidence, and protection. Midnight's father provides him with a veil of privilege and deep, devoted love, but he never hides the truth about the fierce challenge of the world outside of his estate. So when Midnight's father's empire is attacked, he sends Midnight with his mother to the United States. In the streets of Brooklyn, a young Midnight uses his Islamic mind-set and African intelligence to protection the ones he loves, build a business, reclaim his wealth and status, and remain true to his briefs. Midnight, a handsome and passionate young man, attracts many women. How he interacts and deals with them is a unique adventure. This is a highlight sensual and tremendous love story about what a man is waiting to risk and give to the women he loves most. Midnight will remain in your mind and beat in your heart for a lifetime.

333 pages, Paperback

Published August 13, 2024

About the author

Sister Souljah (born Lisa Williamson) was born in 1964 in New York City. She attended Cornell University's advanced placement summer program and Spain's University of Salamanca study-abroad program. She later majored in American history and African studies at Rutgers University. Her travels and lectures have taken her all over America, Europe, and Africa. In the mid-1980s, she founded, in cooperation with the United Church of Christ, the African Youth Survival Camp, located in Enfield, North Carolina, for children of homeless families. In 1992, her rap album, 360 Degrees of Power, and video, "Slavery's Back in Effect," catapulted her to national attention. She lives in New York with her husband and son.

Reviews

[Jawanda Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

To whom much is given much is required

An excellent coming of age and knowledge book the two are not mutually exclusive. This journey should encourage the reader to explore and evaluate themself. Remember to focus on your journey the good, the trials,the beauty, and the not so beautiful and embrace it for it creates you and your becoming