By Antwone Fisher
Touchstone, $19.99, 226 pages
With so many articles and books written on and about women it leads one to wonder where all the men go to find their answers, their support. With life lessons such as learning to polish their shoes to maintaining good personal hygiene, Antwone Fisher provides a go-to guide for young, and older, men alike in A Boy Should Know How To Tie a Tie. They will learn the importance of balancing healthy eating habits (and how to prepare a meal through a few recipes) and how to develop a healthy spiritual side to their lives.
“I loved the do-over when I could wrangle one. I always felt there was something magical in getting a second chance.”
Fisher knows the importance of an encouraging male role model (due to many life-altering challenges, and triumphs, of his own). He teaches real-life wisdom, not pre-packaged preaching, writing with the precision and authority of a well-loved big brother, he does not lecture but, rather, leads the reader into a series of brief chapters, recipes, statistics and his own story throughout each section, stressing the significance of knowing who one is in their identity and getting to who they want to be. This read is an inspiring and honest one on one conversation with much return reference material.
Reviewed by Sky Sanchez