True Vine: A Young Black Man’s Journey Of Faith, Hope And Clarity

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John W. Fountain grew up on one of the most meanest streets in Chicago, where drugs, crime, decay, and broken homes consigned such a lot of black children to a lifetime of despair and self-destruction. A father at seventeen, a college dropout at nineteen, a welfare case soon after, Fountain was once at the verge of giving up all hope. One thing saved him—his faith, his own true vine.

True Vine is John Fountain’s remarkable story—of his childhood in a neighborhood heading south; of his strong-willed grandparents, who founded a church (known as True Vine) that sought to bring the word of God to their neighbors; of his mother, herself a teenage parent, whose truncated dreams assist nurture bigger dreams in him; of his friends and cousins, whose youthful exuberance was once extinguished by the burdens they faced; and of his religious awakening that gave him the determination to rebuild his life.

These days John Fountain is an award-winning reporter for The New York Times, based in his place of origin. His return to Chicago marks how his story has come full circle, this time in triumph. True Vine is an inspiring, moving, gripping story of one man’s American dream—a dream that each one of us can share.
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