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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.230977311
EAN: 9780385265560
ISBN: 0385265565
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: January 05, 1992
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: January 05, 1992
Sales Rank: 6026
Studio: Anchor
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Product Description:
This is the moving and powerful account of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.
Amazon.com Review:
There Are No Children Here, the true story of brothers Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers, ages 11 and 9at the start, brings home the horror of trying to make it in a violence-ridden public housingproject. The boys live in a gang-plagued war zone on Chicago's West Side, literally learninghow to dodge bullets the way kids in the suburbs learn to chase baseballs. 'If I grow up, I'dlike to be a bus driver,' says Lafeyette at one point. That's if, notwhen--spoken with the complete innocence of a child. The book's title comes from acomment made by the brothers' mother as she and author Alex Kotlowitz contemplate the challenges ofliving in such a hostile environment: 'There are no children here,' she says. 'They've seen too much to be children.' This book humanizes the problem of inner-city pathology, makesreaders care about Lafeyette and Pharoah more than they may expect to, and offers a sliver ofhope buried deep within a world of chaos.
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Rating:  - A World Not Seen By Many
"There Are No Children Here" is an extraordinary book about living in the projects of chicago.This book is dated since this project got knocked down years ago, but it does not make the story any less relevant.It's about two boys, Lafeyette and Pharoah, and their families living day to day just trying to survive.You get into this story quick and stay there.It's a good read.I recommend it.
Rating:  - There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
I found this book both rewarding and disturbing at the same time but appreciated that it took me out of my middle class comfort zone and reminded me that there are social and cultural inequities that continue to cry out urgently for solutions.
Mr Kotlowitz has the ability to describe the lives of two young gentle souls who are raised as best their mother can against a system that tolerates, shamefully, physical surrounds and economic deprivations that most of us can only guess at.
The ... Read More
Rating: - Incredible book to read depicting subsidized housing in Chgo
Incredible book and this is a strong and valid depiction of life in the Chgo Housing Projects as seen through the eyes of 2 young boys and their family members.The uphill battles and huge struggles are incomprehensible. You don't have to be from Chgo to appreciate this.
Rating: - Riveting look at poverty
Kotlowitz has given us a striking example of the power of journalism.
This book is able to show the reader the plight of the urban poor without overly moralizing. Kotlowitz gives a straight ahead account of the lives of Lafeyette and Pharoah, the two brothers this book centers. Their struggles to retain their innocence while living in an environment that strips it away is mesmerizing.
I could not help but empathize with the families in this book. A lot of pundits will say ... Read More
Rating: - The other America indeed
Nice mix of anecdote and historical background on life in inner city America. Excellent insight into the everyday difficulties faced by families and some of the root causes. This book, though almost 20 years old, still has a message that needs to be heard.
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