Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age
A nonfiction story of young people in the ghetto, as girls become mothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles against deprivation.
Buy this book at AmazonAd- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2003
- ISBN-13
- 9780684863870
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Topics
- Urban povertyDrugs and crimeComing of age
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2003)
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