Hold It 'til It Hurts

By T. Geronimo Johnson

Book Overview

A riveting debut--a black Afghanistan veteran in search of his lost brother amid the chaos of Hurricane Katrina.

When Achilles Conroy and his brother Troy return from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, their white mother presents them with the key to their past: envelopes containing details about their respective birth parents. After Troy disappears, Achilles--always his brother's keeper--embarks on a harrowing journey in search of Troy, an experience that will change him forever.

Heartbreaking, intimate, and at times disturbing, Hold It 'Til It Hurts is a modern-day odyssey through war, adventure, disaster, and love, and explores how people who do not define themselves by race make sense of a world that does.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566893097
• ISBN13: 9781566893091
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.9"