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Amazing Grace is Jonathan Kozol's classic book on life and death in the South Bronx--the poorest urban neighborhood of the United States. He brings us into overcrowded schools, dysfunctional hospitals, and rat-infested homes where families have been ravaged by depression and anxiety, drug-related violence, and the spread of AIDS. But he also introduces us to devoted and unselfish teachers, dedicated ministers, and--at the heart and center of the book--courageous and delightful children. The children we come to meet through the friendships they have formed with Jonathan defy the stereotypes of urban youth too frequently presented by the media. Tender, generous, and often religiously devout, they speak with eloquence and honesty about the poverty and racial isolation that have wounded but not hardened them. Amidst all of the despair, it is the very young whose luminous capacity for love and transcendent sense of faith in human decency give reason for hope.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Kozol, Jonathan
- ISBN: 9780770435660
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.60
- Number Of Pages: 336
- Publication Year: 2012
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Would RecommendCHANEL T. - 4 months agoReading it for one of my MSW courses this semester! So far so good.
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Segregation is not a thing of the past for Mott Haven, a neighborhood in New York City
Madalyn M. - 6 years 2 months agoI would highly recommend reading this book. I had to read it for my African American History class and I think it is one of the best eye-opening books I have ever read. It is about how segregation is not a thing of the past in the neighborhood, Mott Haven, in New York City. The story is written by Jonathan Kozol who spent years going to Mott Haven just talking to people to write this book. I think that everyone should read this book. Without a doubt, this book and its narratives will stick with me for the rest of my life.