Wounded

by Nick Mann, Eric Mann (Illustrator)

Three lifelong friends – Ben, Levi, and Tracy – take very different paths after high school, but all have brushes with danger and war. What happens in war? Only injury, if one is lucky.

This powerful novel tells of Levi’s war with family tragedy and alcoholism, of Ben’s war with rage, and Tracy and Levi’s Vietnam War experiences. Ben is called to treat the wounds of war, both with his friend Levi, and in his professional role as an organizational consultant.

This unusual combination of prequel/sequel to author Nick Mann’s 2013 debut novel, Forgetful, weaves compelling stories around the intersecting themes of urban renewal, the Vietnam War, addiction, and the professional and personal lives of contemporary black friendship networks.

The gang from the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Michigan Park returns in his second novel to face challenges of love for one another and struggling with the complexities of their own existence.

About the
Since 1976, Nick Mann has worked as an organization development practitioner. His prior career included serving as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army in the late 1960s, and managing a manpower and social services program in the early 1970s. His Ph.D. was earned at Howard University in human communication studies. Semi-retired, he teaches a leadership course once a month at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. The author lives in Washington, D.C.

Publisher’s

357 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 6, 2017

About the author

Nick Mann trained at Howard University where he received a PhD in organizational communication. Since the middle 1970s he has operated a boutique consulting firm, serving federal government as well as labor and private industry clients. He began writing "Forgetful" as a labor of love in January of 2009 and it was finally published in September 2013. Nick lives in Washington, DC and is an adjunct faculty member at the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. "Wounded," his second book, is both a prequel and sequel to "Forgetful."

Reviews

[Robert Listou · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved there

For many years I loved in SW DC, after the massive urban renewal. I was fascinated by the author's research of that undertaking, later viewed as poorly executed. I enjoyed the reality of the people and their experiences. The realism
made it a good read.