Hi everyone!
After our philosophical discussions last event, let's come back down to earth (and close to home) and get to know two boys growing up in poverty on Chicago's West Side.
"There Are No Children Here, the true story of brothers Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers, ages 11 and 9 at the start, brings home the horror of trying to make it in a violence-ridden public housing project. The boys live in a gang-plagued war zone on Chicago's West Side, literally learning how to dodge bullets the way kids in the suburbs learn to chase baseballs... This book humanizes the problem of inner-city pathology, makes readers care about Lafeyette and Pharoah more than they may expect to, and offers a sliver of hope buried deep within a world of chaos." - Amazon.com
"Alex Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subject of urban poverty." - Chicago Tribune
For April, our book will be:
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America
by Alex Kotlowitz
There Are No Children Here
We'll be meeting at the Lincoln-Belmont branch of the Chicago Public Library in West Lakeview. The library is down the street from the Paulina brown line stop and accessible from the Belmont, Ashland, and Lincoln buses. The library has a parking lot and street parking in the neighborhood is widely available.
* Note that the library is just down the street from the Caribou Cafe where we've had meetings in the past.
Chicago Public Library: Lincoln-Belmont Branch
Chicago Public Library: Lincoln-Belmont Branch (MAP)
Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns. Hope to see lots of you there!
-MikeE
“ I thought it was a really interesting discussion. ”
“ Good Read -- though I didn't finish it. Good discussion. Could have had a few more references to the book though. ”
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