The Conversation: How Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships

Hill Harper

Apr 2010 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Kevin R. Free

About this audiobook

New York Times best-selling, award-winning author, actor, and motivational speaker Hill Harper invites listeners to join the conversation about the breakdown of the African-American family. The Black community of past generations found strength in families, but today's Black children have less than a one in three chance of being raised in a two-parent household. Harper's search for answers to this phenomenon is an enlightening and empowering journey.

Ratings and reviews

I checked out this book from my public library twice because it was that good. And now I need to own it. This is a read for every black person in this country.

About the author

Hill Harper (born Francis Harper), is an author and film, television, and stage actor, and was born on May 17, 1966 in Iowa City, Iowa. Harper graduated from Brown University magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. While studying at Harvard, Harper was a full-time member of Boston's Black Folks Theater Company, one of the oldest and most acclaimed African-American traveling theater groups. After graduating from Harvard, Harper moved to Los Angeles to purue acting. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Westfield State College. Harper's film and television experience began in 1993 with recurring work on the television series "Married...with Children" and the film "Confessions of a Dog." Harper's best-known role is a crime-scene-investigator, Sheldon Hawkes, on CSI: NY. Harper is the author of several books including the best-selling book: Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny (2006) and The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in its Place (2011), which made Publisher's Weekly Best Seller List.