From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here , a richly textured, heartrending portrait of the impact of violence on Chicago\'s most vulnerable neighborhoods.
What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writ.
The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire.
From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here , a richly textured, heartrending portrait of the impact of violence on Chicago\'s most vulnerable neighborhoods