A. Robert Allen has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is A Wave from Mama.
Living in the Middle
Summary
Rejected by his race. Hunted by the Klan. Yet, standing up to hatred is still the only choice. New York, early 1900s: Jimmy Montgomery comes from old New York money and grows up among the Manhattan elite. At the age of 18, Jimmy discovers he's been living a lie. He follows his roots back to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to answer the burning questions in his life. Who is he? What is he? Where does he belong? He finds love and friendship along the way, but full acceptance from either the White or the Black world eludes him. When trouble pits the White population of Tulsa against the Black community of Greenwood, Jimmy must finally make a choice - he can no longer live in the middle. His decision will alter the course of his life and those he’s come to love. What will he decide? Listen to find out. Living in the Middle is a powerful African American historical novel based on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. If you like passionate heroes, no-holds-barred history, and high-stakes emotional tension, then you’ll love A. Robert Allen’s eye-opening story. Living in the Middle is a stand-alone story connected by theme to the other volumes in A. Robert Allen’s Slavery and Beyond series.
©2019 Anthony Allen (P)2019 Anthony Allen
Minetta Lane
Summary
Stay and fight or cut and run? Young Bodee Rivers can save so many from a terrible fate, but he must find the courage to act. Minetta Lane, the third volume in A. Robert Allen’s Slavery and Beyond series, is a stand-alone novel that continues the broad themes of the first two volumes, Failed Moments and A Wave from Mama. New York City, 1904: Bodee Rivers, who has always avoided major challenges in his life, moves to the most dangerous block in the city, Minetta Lane. Police in pursuit of criminals often give up the chase as they approach the entrance to Minetta because even they know better than to test the hardened criminals who hide in the shadows. Bodee’s circle of family and friends help him successfully manage some initial tests of his perseverance, but when he finds himself alone and confronted with an overwhelming challenge, he isn’t sure he’s up to the task. Many lives are at stake, and Bodee must make a choice: stand and fight or cut and run? Running is what he knows. Running is what will keep him safe. Will Bodee find the courage to fight? Scroll up and grab a copy today.
©2018 A. Robert Allen (P)2018 Anthony Allen
A Wave from Mama
Summary
The free Black community of Weeksville, Brooklyn becomes home to an unusually small boy and his mother who fled Manhattan during New York's draft riots. When his mother succumbs to her injuries, the boy swears revenge against everyone and everything that contributed to her death. His diminutive size and acrobatic climbing abilities make him a spectacle to behold, while his awkward social habits make him an outcast to everyone in Weeksville, except the adopted family he swears to protect. When his stepbrother is attacked, the boy becomes embroiled in a battle between the Irish gangs and Whiskey Kings of Irishtown while the corrupt Metropolitan Police sit on the sidelines. The backdrop of the action is the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the racial tensions of the period. Will the boy survive the ordeals of the day and achieve his dream of being a high-flying tower man on the bridge project? Or will he become another victim of the Irish gangs and never know the joy of standing atop the tallest structure in North America? Download to find out.
©2016 Anthony Robert Allen (P)2016 Anthony Robert Allen