Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx 2nd Edition 9780743254434
Product Edition:2nd Edition
Author: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
Book Name: Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx
Subject Name: Social-science

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This New York Times bestseller intimately depicts urban life in a gripping book that slips behind cold statistics and sensationalism to reveal the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour.In her extraordinary bestseller Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the intricacies of the ghetto revealing the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour gold-drenched drug dealers and street-corner society. Focusing on two romances�Jessica�s dizzying infatuation with a hugely successful young heroin dealer Boy George and Coco�s first love with Jessica's little brother Cesar�Random Family is the story of young people trying to outrun their destinies. Jessica and Boy George ride the wild adventure between riches and ruin while Coco and Cesar stick closer to the street all four caught in a precarious dance between survival and death. Friends get murderedthe DEA and FBI investigate Boy GeorgeCesar becomes a fugitiveJessica and Coco endure homelessness betrayal the heartbreaking separation of prison and throughout it all the insidious damage of poverty.Charting the tumultuous cycle of the generations�as girls become mothers boys become criminals and hope struggles against deprivation�LeBlanc slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism and comes back with a riveting haunting and true story.Read more

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