True Vine

A Young Black Man's Journey Of Faith, Hope And Clarity

Contributors

By John W. Fountain

Formats and Prices

Price

$24.99

Price

$31.99 CAD

Format

Trade Paperback

Format:

Trade Paperback $24.99 $31.99 CAD

This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around February 16, 2005. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.

John W. Fountain grew up on some of the meanest streets in Chicago, where drugs, crime, decay, and broken homes consigned so many black children to a life of despair and self-destruction. A father at seventeen, a college dropout at nineteen, a welfare case soon after, Fountain was on 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 (called True Vine) that sought to bring the word of God to their neighbors; of his mother, herself a teenage parent, whose truncated dreams help nurture bigger dreams in him; of his friends and cousins, whose youthful exuberance was extinguished by the burdens they faced; and of his religious awakening that gave him the determination to rebuild his life.

Today John Fountain is an award-winning reporter for The New York Times, based in his hometown. 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 all of us can share.
Request Desk/Exam Copy

Genre:

On Sale
Feb 16, 2005
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
PublicAffairs
ISBN-13
9781586482855

John W. Fountain

About the Author

John W. Fountain is a national correspondent for the New York Times, based in Chicago. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, he was previously a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post before joining the Times in 2000. He lives in Olympia Fields, Illinois.

Learn more about this author