Author Event: An Evening with Roger Newman

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Thursday December 8 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT Price: Free Registration: Seating is limited; please call to reserve your spot: 843-379-7025. Venue: Pat Conroy Literary Center | 601 Bladen St., Beaufort ABOUT THE BOOK: WHICH IS STRONGER? THE LOVING BOND BETWEEN A BLACK MAN AND HIS WHITE BROTHER OR THE RACISM THAT PULLS THEM APART? Based on a North Carolina Family’s True Story, New Novel Brings to Life the Contrasting Childhoods, Military Experiences and Futures of a Black Man and a White Man Raised Together—and the Complexities of Their Fraternity After Alex’s family is killed by the Ku Klux Klan during the Great Depression, he is taken in by a local dairy farmer who finds him hiding in his barn. The farmer raises Alex alongside his young son Pete, and the two boys come to view themselves as brothers. Together, they navigate the Jim Crow era in the rural South—a challenge they experience differently because of their different skin colors—and then head off to fight in segregated military units in World War II. Through separation, diverging military careers and escalating racial hostility they grow up and grow apart, estranged by the complexities of being Black and White brothers. At least until their lives bring them back together demanding a choice as to where their loyalty lies… Based on the true story of the author’s North Carolina family, Boys—a work of historical fiction by distinguished physician and medical thriller author Roger Newman (Koehler Books, January 2025)—takes readers from the segregated deep south to the battlefields of World War II and Vietnam, tracing the state of racial injustice and the ways it shapes the brothers’ lives. Equal parts a heartfelt exploration of family, friendship, and resilience and a captivating exploration of US history and race, Boys leaves readers to contemplate which is stronger: the loving bond between a Black man and his White brother, or the racism that pulls them apart. Praise for Boys: “The relationship between Alex…

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