Stories from the Stoop

Stories from the Stoop features seven unforgettable true-life adventure stories mixed with humor, grit, and candor. These stories will fill you with hope and show you we are all in this together.

Within these pages you will see life from a new perspective. A boy's life experienced straight from the stoop. This small piece of real estate, made of dreams, granite and memories, is his window into the world.

Through his ponderings Steve asks himself:

• How can he overcome life’s struggles?
• Will he ever break the chains of being born into poverty?
• How will he fit in?

It was Steve Bernstein's fortuitous and profound friendships which crossed boundaries of race, gender, and religion that enabled him to navigate these tumultuous questions and develop a unique perspective on life.

Without his dog, Wolf, Steve would not have survived the wrath of a street gang. On the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, it was Anthony who recognized how dangerous it was for Steve (the only white kid on the basketball court that April evening) to be out playing hoops. An epic bike trip with Joe breathed life into Steve's dream to be free, a lifelong friendship that only 9/11 could extinguish.

Stories from the Stoop is a triumphant and tender coming of age journey intended for adults and young adults alike. Steve's voice, spare and street smart, resonates across age and ethnicity, and offers the possibility that life circumstances need not predict destiny. All you have to do is find enough courage, compassion and chutzpah to win out.

Come, join Steve on the stoop and find out what it means to be free.

Grab this book now and get lost in the vivid stories of love, life, acceptance, and freedom.