Publisher's Synopsis
If you're not black and male, don't read this book. But... ...Do you have family? Or have you ever fallen in love? And then fallen on your face? If you and I are just color and gender, we have nothing in common. You shouldn't buy this book. But have you ever feared, hoped, laughed until your ribs hurt and cried yourself sick? Have you run the one major race: the human one and found yourself thinking "This is one crazy situation..." Do you love a good story? The kind that someone tells at a party and has you laughing out loud? Do you enjoy a modern tall-tale that makes you hold someone special a little bit closer? Then guess what? We have a lot in common, you and I. This book is for you. You may even feel it's about you. You'll find that no matter who you are and where you come from, you and I are not as different as we would think. And that being said, since I love a good story, so do you." Run a 5K and feel the pounding of every step, worried that you're more tired than you hoped you'd be! Go on a blind date where the food is really the better part of your evening! Laugh at elementary school moments, jump at the echo of possibly undead footsteps in the church next door, and cry when the news of a sudden death pulls your heart from your chest. Black Parakeets Only Hatch in December: A Black Man's Exploration of Life, Love and Northwest Indiana is a collection of anecdotes and vignettes of life growing up in the urban city of East Chicago, Indiana. Nestled between the big city presence of Chicago and the gritty, misrepresented aura of Gary, East Chicago is a brew for a common life experienced uncommonly.
