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Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

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An edition of Random family (2003)

Random Family

Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

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  • ★★★★ ★ 4.67 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 57 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

The result of over ten years of immersion reporting, "Random Family" charts a tumultuous decade in which girls become mothers, mothers become grandmothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles against deprivation.

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Scribner
Language
English
Pages
408

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Subjects
Inner cities, Cas, Études de, Families, Social history, Biographies, Pauvres, Famille, Youth, Conditions sociales, Case studies, Drug use, Social conditions, Quartiers pauvres, Jeunesse, Urban poor, Usage des drogues, Biography, Poor, 71.12 social stratification, social mobility, Bronx (new york, n.y.), New york (n.y.), biography, Youth, united states, New york (n.y.), social conditions, Family, united states, New York Times reviewed, Adolescent, Family
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New York, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Bronx (New York, N.Y.), New York (État)

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Cover of: Random family
Random family: love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx
2004, Scribner
in English - 1st Scribner trade paperback ed.
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Cover of: Zomaar familie
Zomaar familie: liefde, drugs en volwassen worden in de Bronx
2004, De Arbeiderspers
in Dutch
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Cover of: Random Family
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
January 19, 2004, Scribner
Paperback in English
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
January 28, 2003, Scribner
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
2003, Scribner
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Random Family
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Paperback
Number of pages
408
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
Weight
14.4 ounces

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OL8530436M
ISBN 10
0965617475
ISBN 13
9780965617475
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9492
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Jessica lived on Tremont Avenue, on one of the poorer blocks in a very poor sectionof the Bronx.
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