HARLEM BIBLE

Grant’s first book Rhythm For Sale was described by the Kirkus review as venturing, “Into the beating heart of the Harlem Renaissance which taps into an important cultural movement.” In Harlem Bible, the author aims his arrow with a book that hits the bullseye. We interlace through Grant's past with flashbacks and timelines, which he assembles with authentic historical references. 

Harlem Bible comes to life by fetching up the writer’s impeccable memories of yesteryear. It’s a paperback comprised of the autobiographer’s meticulous diagram furnishing readers with slices of Harlem’s glorious past. Harlem Bible follows Grant in a Harlem full of upwardly mobile African American families during the 1950-60s. We roll with the unseasoned youth at uptown hangouts, urban riots, suburban romances, civil rights, and the underworld with the groovy bitching music of the day. The tome’s also about the innocence of a black boy trying to get educated while discovering who he is.

Author Grant Harper Reid delivers a spellbinding homage to childhood, self-discovery and New York with Harlem Bible: In The Beginning.  This immersive memoir navigates the author's unpredictable life and  immediate circles of personal connections, as well as the vibrantly  evolving landscape of Harlem through the middle of the 20th century.  Distilling the grace of jazz and hard edges of life, while effortlessly  transporting readers to a different time, Reid peels back layers of  memory with artful and brutally honest precision. 

Harlem Bible from Grant H. Reid transports you through time and space on a journey canvassing the concrete jungles of Harlem as well as the serene and picturesque setting of the suburbs of Teaneck, NJ. Although these cities are less than 100 miles apart, Grant's insight and close attention to detail makes these two destinations seem like they are on opposite ends of the earth. If you love anecdotes, then Grant has you covered. His witty humor and take on all things will have you in stitches.

Grant touches on multiple decades including the Woodstock era, where he had a Birdseye view to photograph and rub elbows with the great Jimi Hendrix. I highly recommend this book for its great storytelling and life lessons that Grant has candidly laid out. It takes great courage and cojones to be so honest and frank with your life, exposing yourself for the world to see. Grant does not shortchange his readers. Read Harlem Bible and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. 

I am thoroughly enjoying this book. Grant Harper Reid, who recounts a time and place in history that many have either forgotten, don't know about or deliberately ignore. The author's emotional and descriptive writing is almost cinematic - I feel as if I'm watching a movie or documentary. It's fascinating, heartbreaking, sometimes humorous, and unpredictable. The author, "As we matured, we began to understand that the battles of our childhood were things of the past." 

In " Harlem Bible ", it reveals that the truth will set you free. The power of Grant's words provides a warm sunny glow, of a beautiful Harlem's summer day. This memoir is a treasure within the Black American cultural society. Harlem Bible: In The Beginning, should  be a required reading for all the good educational and reference  libraries, that share the common revealing light, of a divine morality  and truth.