There are no children here
Subtitle: the story of two boys growing up in the other America
By: Alex Kotlowitz.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Children -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Family -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies; Inner cities -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
Description: One of the surprise bestsellers of 1991, this is the moving & powerful account of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime & neglect. "Alex Kotlowitz joins the ranks of the important few writers on the subject of urban poverty." 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.