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Handsome, young, Muslim, and married to two women living in one house along with his mother, Umma, and sister, Naja: can Midnight manage? He is surrounded by Americans who don't share or understand his faith or culture, and adults who are offended by his maturity, intelligence, or his natural ability to make his hard work turn into real money. He is calm, confident, and cool, Ninja-trained and powerful, but one moment of rage throws this Brooklyn youth into a dark world of dirty police, show more gangs, guns, drugs, prisons, and prisoners. Everything he ever believed, every dollar he ever earned, and all of the women he ever loved--including his mother--are at risk. Will his manhood be taken, broken, or altered? Can he maintain his faith among the heathens? Outnumbered, overruled, and deeply envied--how can he possibly survive? Will the streets convert him? What can he keep? What must he lose? show lessTags
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The world first met Midnight in The Coldest Winter Ever, where his strong and honorable character made women of all ages fall in love with him. Readers waited years to finally get to know Midnight and to learn what made him so special. In Midnight: A Gangster Love Story and Midnight and the Meaning of Love, books 1 & 2 of the series, we learn about Midnight’s Sudanese heritage, his early years in the projects of New York, and finally his international travels to secure the hearts and hands of his two young wives.
The third installment of the Midnight series, A Moment of Silence, is a journey into American prisons and even further into the psyche of young black men. Early in the book Midnight finds himself in the midst of a murder and show more then on the run from the police. He is eventually imprisoned and it is immediately evident that even though Midnight is a part of the system, he is not of it. For a while, he is able to influence some of the men to make positive changes in their lives, but that comes to an end quickly.
In this book, Souljah continues to address some of the major issues we deal with in the black community, including religious and cultural differences, institutionalized racism and love & relationships. She skillfully unpacks the many sides of these issues and lets the reader come to their own conclusions.
One of the more interesting issues Souljah explores is the father-son relationship between black men. Midnight is an amazing young man, and by now it is easy to see how he becomes the man we meet in The Coldest Winter Ever. In his past stories, we’ve learned how his early years with his father and grandfather make him into an honorable man. In this story, we see how his teenage years, influenced by several other black men, make him a warrior. We even get to see more of his relationship with Ricky Santiaga.
If you plan to read A Moment of Silence to finally get all the answers you had from Coldest Winter, you will be disappointed. This book answers some questions and raises others. What is clear, is that we have a lot more to learn about Midnight. However, this is an excellent book. Sister Souljah continues to craft a remarkable story about a black man in America that covers a myriad of perspectives. She is an excellent writer and Midnight is a captivating character. This is definitely one to read. show less
The third installment of the Midnight series, A Moment of Silence, is a journey into American prisons and even further into the psyche of young black men. Early in the book Midnight finds himself in the midst of a murder and show more then on the run from the police. He is eventually imprisoned and it is immediately evident that even though Midnight is a part of the system, he is not of it. For a while, he is able to influence some of the men to make positive changes in their lives, but that comes to an end quickly.
In this book, Souljah continues to address some of the major issues we deal with in the black community, including religious and cultural differences, institutionalized racism and love & relationships. She skillfully unpacks the many sides of these issues and lets the reader come to their own conclusions.
One of the more interesting issues Souljah explores is the father-son relationship between black men. Midnight is an amazing young man, and by now it is easy to see how he becomes the man we meet in The Coldest Winter Ever. In his past stories, we’ve learned how his early years with his father and grandfather make him into an honorable man. In this story, we see how his teenage years, influenced by several other black men, make him a warrior. We even get to see more of his relationship with Ricky Santiaga.
If you plan to read A Moment of Silence to finally get all the answers you had from Coldest Winter, you will be disappointed. This book answers some questions and raises others. What is clear, is that we have a lot more to learn about Midnight. However, this is an excellent book. Sister Souljah continues to craft a remarkable story about a black man in America that covers a myriad of perspectives. She is an excellent writer and Midnight is a captivating character. This is definitely one to read. show less
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Sister Souljah was born in 1964 in New York City. A graduate of Rutgers University, she attended Cornell University's advanced placement summer program and Spain's University of Salamanca study-abroad program. Sister Souljah is best known for her work as a political activist and educator of underclass urban youth. In the mid-1980s, she founded, in show more 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 Power, and video, Slavery's Back in Effect, catapulted her to national attention. Her first book, No Disrespect, was published in 1994. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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