The Children Of My Knee

Synopsis

Len Cooper's Book Takes You To A Very Different Birmingham, Where His Parents Opposed Martin Luther King; To A Catholic Seminary That Made Him Miserab≤ To Good Days As A Writer. Readers Of The Color Of Water Will Love This Book. And Len's Family, Particularly His Mother, Will Stay In Your Mind A Long Time. Donald Graham, Former Publisher And Ceo, The Washington Post The Children Of My Knee, Is A Story That Pits The Human Will And Spirit Against Insurmountable Odds. I Believe The Thread Which Binds This Work Together Is That It's A Story Of A Lifelong Mission, Seeking Affirmation From My Hometown, My Father And God, Affirmation That In Most Cases Never Came. The Larger Theme Of The Story Takes The Reader On A Spiritual Sojourn Which Begins In An Abusive Home In Birmingham And The Racist Southland Of Alabama. This Journey Subsequently Takes The Writer To Jerusalem In Search Of A Place That Feels Like Home, A Place Where He Believes He May Be Truly Noticed By God. In A Quest To Make Sense Of Multiple Competing Factors In My Life, I Found Myself Begging On The Streets Of D.c And At One Point, Camping Out Alone In The Middle Of The Judean Desert.