Before I Forget, a new novel by Leonard Pitts Jr.

      Now available at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble

Don’t miss LPJ’s first novel, Before I Forget. It’s the story of Mo Johnson; once upon a time, he was one of the most popular R&B stars of the 1970s. Now, he’s just someone who used to be. Mo has a hated father he hasn’t spoken to for 30 years who has terminal cancer, he has a son to whom he gave everything but attention, who has just been arrested for armed robbery and murder. Worse, he has early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Just 49 years old, and he’s just learned that he’s dying of a disease that will erase his memory, his very identity, that will take his life before it kills him. Before I Forget is about a man racing the clock, desperate to make peace with the ghosts of past and present, to make peace with his father and reconcile with his son before it’s too late.

“Before I Forget is a man’s story, and Leonard Pitts, Jr. tells it with all the truth and passion we don’t always have the courage or confidence to express. I saw myself in this mighty book, strong and weak, but mostly human.”
— Eddie Levert, Sr., lead singer of The O’Jays, and author of
I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep It Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship

“I have been reading Leonard Pitts’s work for 30 years. He is a one-of-a-kind storyteller, as he proves again with Before I Forget. This is a terrific book!”
— J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of Diana:
Call Her Miss Ross and Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness

“Pitts is a master storyteller with a keen eye for both social trends and the human heart.”
— Tananarive Due, author of Blood Colony