There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America

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There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America

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	Publisher :	Blackstone Audio Inc
	Author :	Alex Kotlowitz
	Narrator :	Dion Graham

	Length :	10 hours 43 minutes (Unabridged)

Download Price :		$19.99

Format :		Downloadable MP3

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“Alex Kotlowitz’s story informs the heart. His meticulous portrait of the two boys in a Chicago Housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape.”—New York Times “In chronicling the lives of two brothers in the Henry Horner projects, Kotlowitz has achieved a triumph of empathy as well as a significant feat of reporting.”—Los Angeles Times “Amid the darkness and ever-present despair, Kotlowitz beautifully captures the moments of brightness and hope.”—San Francisco Chronicle This New York Public Library selection as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century is a true-life portrait of growing up in the Chicago projects. This national best-seller chronicles the true story of two brothers coming of age in the Henry Horner public housing complex in Chicago. Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers are eleven and nine years old when the story begins in the summer of 1987. Living with their mother and six siblings, they struggle against grinding poverty, gun violence, gang influences, overzealous police officers, and overburdened and neglectful bureaucracies. Immersed in their lives for two years, Kotlowitz brings us this classic rendering of growing up poor in America’s cities. Alex Kotlowitz’s honors include the George Foster Peabody Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the George Polk Award. A former staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, his work has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, and the New Yorker, as well as on public radio’s This American Life and on PBS’s Frontline. He is also the author of Never a City So Real and The Other Side of the River.

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