Between Brothers (Strivers Row) - Softcover

The Ellis Community Centre is a rare bright spot in this low-income Washington, D.C. neighbourhood. When it suddenly starts struggling to keep its doors open, four very different young men from a nearby historically black university become the centre's last hope for survival. Terence "Bootstrapper" Davidson is clawing his way out of poverty and refusing to give into the streets - while struggling to save his defiant little brother from that very fate. Larry "Smooth Operator" Whitaker, driven and ambitious, seems to have a future edged in gold - if he can stay out of harm's way. Brandon "Choirboy" Bailey is a bright premed, struggling to maintain his religious faith despite his desire for a classmate whom he has long loved from afar. And then there's O.J. "Sinister Minister" Peters, who is unsuccessfully trying to juggle his budding career as a Baptist preacher with a string of empty affairs...As these men come together to save the centre, they quickly realise that there are some people who don't want the centre to be saved - and that there may be more to the centre's problems than just bad finances.

Forced into the hardest decisions, between their families, their futures and their community, four men must face the dangers of the street as well as their own private demons in this striking coming-of-age novel.

C. Kelly Robinson is a graduate of Howard University. He and his wife live in Dayton, Ohio, where he is currently working on his second novel.