In this stunning novel, Own Son, D.E. Eliot takes you through the lives of a young stubborn couple who discover a very hard truth about being in love while black in America. Through growth, they learn that black love is less about sharing tender kisses and holding hands and more about survival in a mad world full of an evilness raised to hate you. Told through the eyes of Yana, a seventeen-year-old girl, in love with the boy of her dreams, and Keon, a young dreamer who struggles to erase the horrific events of his family’s past. When Yana becomes pregnant with their son, a kaleidoscope of emotions, affections, despair, and hope lead them all to face an uncertain future. Their story exposes you to the joyful sweetness of young love and the bitter sadness that comes along with living in hard times during the 80’s. This is a love story that arouses the soul of those who sings the blues, where passion and heartache are inevitably intertwined, Eliot has created an amazing cast of characters so alive and overwhelmingly realized that they are forever ingrained into the American spirit.