Growing up on Philadelphias gritty streets, Jermaine Banks was used to fighting, but life has now thrown him some unexpected hooks and jabs. Almost thirty years old, with a three-year-old son who worships the ground he walks on, a pregnant girlfriend whose family hates every breath he takes, and a slain best friend whose death racks him with guilt, Jermaine realizes its time to change. But can he step up to the challenge, or will he continue to be a trouble man?From the Trade Paperback edition.