Jackie Alexander Productions

OUR DAILY BREAD
A Novel by Jackie Alexander

In the bayou country of LaPlace, Louisiana in 1974, Kevin Matthews prepares to start eighth grade. Ostracized at birth due to his interracial parentage and reared in a household poisoned by domestic abuse, Kevin is orphaned at age ten after losing his mother to a violent attack at the hands of his father, who is jailed for the crime. Raised by his paternal grandfather, a Baptist Minister who instills values of the church as a base for recovery, Kevin is content with life until disturbing news surfaces regarding his mother's attack—news that sheds doubt on his father's guilt, and leads Kevin to relive painful memories. As Kevin grows up, the emotional scars of his childhood cast dark clouds over his relationships with women and his life begins to spiral out of control. Faced with losing all that he loves, Kevin is forced to confront the man who holds the key to his salvation, his father.

Our Daily Bread is a coming of age story spanning 26 years in the life of its protagonist, Kevin Matthews. Examining family, race, religion, and the lingering effects of domestic abuse, it questions what defines one's legacy: the surroundings we are born into, or the choices we make thereafter.

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