All books using the keywords: Jamell Crouthers

A Man’s Plight 1 is the start of the series with a young actor named Dwight who is an actor and he talks about how the media portrays men. His story delves into him becoming an actor, Hollywood and what’s on television these days and how much there needs to be major changes into men’s roles on television shows. The goal behind Dwight’s story is to make you think about what’s going on in the media today from men’s fashion to how roles are portrayed on television. Dwight talks about so much subject matter regarding men such as the emasculation of men, body image, how there were family structured television shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, and many other things. The question now ...

A Man’s Plight 2 is the story of George who talks about mental health and the struggles men deal with when it comes to that. We’re given conflicting things where it’s talk about our feelings but we question who cares and who’s willing to listen. George talks about alpha males and how the world tells men that’s what we should be striving for, being financially stable and the pressures of achieving that, relationships and marriage. There’s so many obstacles and things men face daily and it’s time to have conversations about these things. It’s about finding a common ground to find our comfort and happiness. Will George find that? Only time will tell if he’s able to find his own happiness in ...

Bernard highlights the series in A Man’s Plight 3 where he learns that he’s becoming a father. While he’s excited about having his first child, his manager at work isn’t too happy about him taking paternity leave for weeks at a time. While maternity leave is discussed at great length, paternity leave isn’t. The pressures of men to stay in the workplace after their significant other has a child is a growing concern. Statistically the majority of big corporations don’t offer paternity leave. Bernard deals with the emotional toll of work, having a child, taking time off and the impact it has on him with his career. This is the reality of so many men in today’s world. What happens with Berna ...

A Man’s Plight 4 focuses on Evan’s story and financial success. He delves deep into his struggles to find a career, achieve the financial success he wants but feels under constant pressure to get to where he wants to be. Evan delves deep into his life from going to college to struggling to find stability at a company. He’s at the golden age of 30 and that’s when the world expects you to have your life together. After spending his 20s chasing a paycheck, Evan finally decides to pursue his dreams and what he’s passionate about. It’s a story of what so many men deal with in their everyday lives and how men can’t fall into society’s expectations.

Patrick is a young man who has gone through and experienced so much in his life. He’s finally at a place where he’s no longer listening to what the world tells him and he goes into therapy. He opens his mind and heart up to a therapist named Dr. Steven Grand. Patrick starts to share a lot of what he deals with daily in his life along with his childhood that has led to where he is currently. As Patrick begins sharing some of the deepest thoughts of his life, Dr. Steven Grand gives insight into how his childhood has affected him as an adult. Patrick not only begins to learn about himself and who he is, but his way of thinking and how certain childhood events and experiences have shaped ...

Brenda is a young, pregnant woman who is in her most exciting time of her life. Brenda and her husband are having a baby girl and the journey through pregnancy is shared from finding out to having birth. Brenda pens her ups, downs, struggles of pregnancy all while preparing for motherhood mentally, physically, and emotionally. It isn’t until after she has her daughter that she experiences what so many women in this world go through….postpartum depression. While this can happen before and during pregnancy, it’s a topic that isn’t discussed enough in today’s world and Brenda shares her experience and how she got through it. The start to a series of social issues women face, postpartum depr ...

Lisa is pregnant and having her first child. While this should be the most exciting time of her life, it unfortunately isn’t. She’s sharing her journey not just through pregnancy but of her journey to get maternity leave, have enough time to spend with her newborn child, figure out her finances and start her journey as a mother. Her time is spent more of how much time she will have off and will have to make a big decision when it comes time to return back to the work world. Maternity leave is imperative to a woman, her needs and the United States is one of the worst nations in the world in regards to this. This story delves deep into this, how other countries are ahead of this and how ch ...

Role models are a huge component to how young children grow and progress in life. Kayla is a young teenager who is dealing with so much coming at her at once. Social media, school, fashion, boys, trends, culture, puberty and the pressures to be something she really isn’t. She shares her story as a teenager, the struggles she goes through and trying to find the right role models to shape her future. As she tries to understand and figure herself out, there are role models that she can’t relate to on her television screen and magazine covers. It isn’t until she forms a women’s group through her guidance counselor in her school where she starts to see role models in different facets. She ...

Women’s mental health is a topic that gets discussed but not enough in today’s world. Patricia is someone who is on the path to becoming a better woman and not caving into the pressures of what the world wants her to be. She chronicles her story as a recovering alcohol addict and her story starts from childhood all the way to the present day. Her struggles, home life and how she got to becoming an alcohol addict along with recovering. It’s not an easy journey and sometimes we don’t know what women are going through mentally, emotionally and spiritually until we sit and listen to their stories. Everyone has a story, it’s just a matter of whether we’re empathetic enough to listen...

Sylvia is a licensed therapist where she helps women recover from their tragic events in their lives. The only difference is, she’s spending her days helping women recover from domestic violence relationships and marriages. Through their permission, she shares the stories of some of her clients that she’s helped, treated and gotten through their struggles. The stories aren’t easy to tell, hear and listen to but she knows that she’s making the world a better place. Sylvia also shares some components to her life that inspire her to become a therapist in helping people heal from their pain. While domestic violence in relationships and marriages are high, now it becomes the question of w ...