An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz

An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago

Alex Kotlowitz

304 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology emotional reflective slow-paced

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From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods. The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people ha...

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Moods

emotional 75%
informative 75%
challenging 62%
sad 62%
reflective 56%
dark 37%
hopeful 18%
inspiring 18%
tense 12%

Pace

medium 80%
slow 13%
fast 6%

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