The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma
The author ofThere Are  No Children Herefollows up that magnificent effort with the gripping story of a mysterious death in southwest Michigan. A black teenager  surfaces in the St. Joseph River, drowned. How did he get there? The towns of Benton Harbor and  St. Joseph, divided by both race and the river, grapple with the possibilities in this maddeningly difficult case. Alex Kotlowitz puts his sharp reporting skills to good work here,  describing in detail everything that is known about Eric McGinnis's short life and untimely death. But  the book is best at plumbing the racial psychology of these mutually suspicious communities.The Other Side of the Riverhas that can't-put-it-down quality found in the best narrative nonfiction, and it speaks to issues affecting all of America.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.