In the face of her father\'s addiction, an altruistic young Latina struggles to reclaim her self worth amidst her deteriorating Brooklyn projects.
Brownsville Bred (adapted from her autobiographical stage play) is a young adult novel told in a series of vignettes-some funny, some heartbreaking, that together tell Elaine Del Valle\'s journey growing up in the toughest project in Brownsville, the toughest neighborhood in New York.
It bursts with the details.
But her story refuses to be ghetto-ized.
In the face of her father\'s addiction, an altruistic young Latina struggles to reclaim her self worth amidst her deteriorating Brooklyn projects.
Brownsville Bred (adapted from her autobiographical stage play) is a young adult novel told in a series of vignettes-some funny, some heartbreaking, that together tell Elaine Del Valle\'s journey growing up in the toughest project in Brownsville, the toughest neighborhood in New York
