Reflections from the Block to Becoming a Man by Des Wallace — book cover

Des Wallace

Reflections from the Block to Becoming a Man

A confessional memoir of identity, trauma, fatherhood, and transformation. From the streets to the page — unsparing, grounded, and deeply human.

About the Book

The block never leaves you. The question is what you do with it.

Reflections from the Block to Becoming a Man is a raw, confessional journey through the intersections of street life and manhood, fatherhood and accountability, poverty and aspiration. Des Wallace writes with the kind of emotional directness that most men are never taught — examining what it costs to become someone, and what it means to refuse to stay where you started.

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Every book in this catalog is a conversation I needed to start — with myself, with readers, with the culture. — Des Wallace