The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma by Alex Kotlowitz

The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma

Alex Kotlowitz

336 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging reflective slow-paced

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Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here was more than a bestseller; it was a national event. His beautifully narrated, heartbreaking nonfiction account of two black boys struggling to grow up in a Chicago public housing complex spent eight wee...

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