Pre-Owned The Jacob Ladder (Hardcover)

Brother John, Tall T's father, is a towering figure in their Jamaican town. Nobody can stop Brother John from drinking too much, gambling away his earnings, or falling under the spell of the witch woman next door. But Tall T can earn money for his poor family, read books to himself, and reach out to the father he deeply loves. Based on Hinds's own childhood. Nobody can stop a freight train or a hurricane, or a man like Brother John. He's Tall T's father, a towering figure in their Jamaican town. Nobody can stop Brother John from drinking too much, gambling away his earnings, or falling under the spell of the witch woman next door. Much as his twelve-year-old son wishes he could, he can't. But there is much that Tall T can do. He can earn money for his poor family. He can read books for himself. And he can reach out, always hopeful, to the father he deeply loves. Based on Uton Hinds's own childhood, this tender novel is about a boy who, like Jacob in the Bible, never stops believing in miracles.