Living in the Middle, A. Robert Allen
Living in the Middle, A. Robert Allen
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Living in the Middle

Author: A. Robert Allen

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2019

Synopsis

Rejected by his race. Hunted by the Klan. Yet, standing up to hatred is what he’s compelled to do.New York, Early 1900s: Jimmy Montgomery comes from old New York money and grows up among the Manhattan elite. At the age of eighteen, 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’d come to love. What will he decide? Pick up a copy 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, 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanne on April 25, 2019

This book, WOW! It's a pretty heavy read, there really is a lot going on here. Starting out innocently enough Jimmy Montgomery comes from an old monied family growing up in New York among the Manhattan elite. He hasn't a care in the world but that world starts unraveling rapidly once his father passe......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on March 27, 2019

Living in the Middle was the 4th book in the ‘Slavery and Beyond’ series by A. Robert Allen, and in my opinion it was his best offering yet. Set mostly in Tulsa in the years following the Great War this novel revolved around a young man from a wealthy white family, James Montgomery III (Jimmy). Just......more

Goodreads review by Lulu on November 09, 2019

Book 4 in the “Slavery and Beyond Series”, which if you haven’t check out, you should. In this book we are introduced to Jimmy Montgomery, whose discovery of his true identity leads him on a journey to both his past and future. The destination turns out to be the Black Wall Street district of Tulsa,......more

Goodreads review by Lacey on May 23, 2019

This book is the fourth book in the Slavery and Beyond Series, but can be read as a standalone (which is how I read it). I was gifted a copy of the book in return for my honest review. The book follows the main character, Jimmy Montgomery, from New York to Tulsa, Oklahoma. The first half of the book......more

Goodreads review by Bonnye Reed on April 15, 2019

Living in the Middle is the 4th volume of the Slavery and Beyond Series, but as are they all, completely stand alone. We begin exploring the life of James Montgomery III as he returns to NYC in 1915 from boarding school prior to beginning college at Columbia, only to see his father die and his mothe......more

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