by Lydia L. Watts (Author)
One Man's Action is set on the southwest side of Chicago in a community known as Inglewood Park Manor. The neighborhood streets are cracked, vegetation grows wild, and homes are either burned down, dilapidated, abandoned or boarded up. Addicts, foreign merchants and absentee landlords share what little wealth the fallow ground holds with dope dealers, liquor stores and storefront churches on every corner. The only thing standing as a reminder of what Inglewood Park Manor used to be is an old Romanesque style architectural church, built in the early 1900s; and the desire and determination of one man to bring Inglewood Park Manor back to its greatness.One Man's Action is a story about how the wrong choice changed the lives of an entire community. It is filled with all the richness of relationships, and the drama, nuances and intensity that people endure when they are trying to find themselves and live their authentic truths, in a world bent on trying to set artificial boundaries. It's a story about walking through the valley and coming out on the other side filled with faith, hope and love.