Can I Be Ernest?

<p>In a pursuit of love recognition and belonging <em>Can I Be Ernest?</em> offers an unfiltered and often self-deprecating look at formative years spent growing up in gritty 1980s New York City-where sharp humor and emotional turns shape a lasting outlook on life.</p><p></p><p>Born to a dignified African father and an American mother Ernest reflects on identity cultural expectation and belonging during a defining period in Black America tracing his journey from adolescence through early adulthood.</p><p></p><p>While grounded in personal experience <em>Can I Be Ernest?</em> functions as a reflective self-help guide for younger readers entering adulthood-offering lived insight on self-worth identity and the long-term cost of chasing acceptance.</p><p></p><p>Exploring education unhealthy relationships fatherhood and the responsibility of defining one's own path the book challenges the false myths we inherit in the search to belong.</p><p></p><p>Profoundly introspective yet laugh-out-loud honest <em>Can I Be Ernest?</em> blends candid truth self-aware humor a love of baseball and rich nostalgia into a coming-of-age reflection meant to be revisited-and remembered.</p>