Not Far From The Tree

Not Far From The Tree is a son’s story about the impact his single African American Mother’s teachings had on him and how he used her valuable lessons to go on and excel academically, athletically, and in Corporate America. In “ Not Far From The Tree ,” Simmons shares his life story through a series of smaller stories that range from shocking to calamitous to sorrowful to triumphing. He shares with you how he stumbled across a court document that revealed his Dad’s surname was Bailey and that he