Title An American summer : love and death in Chicago / Alex Kotlowitz.

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[Westminster, MD] : Books on Tape, [2019]

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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	CDBK 364.15 KOTLOWITZ	Check Shelf

Edition	Unabridged.
Description	8 audio discs (9 hr., 53 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time	095300
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Note	Title from web page.
Performer	Read by the author.
Note	Compact discs.
Summary	The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing about individuals who have emerged from the violence and whose stories capture the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul. The result is a spellbinding collection of deeply intimate profiles that upend what we think we know about gun violence in America. Among others, we meet a man who as a teenager killed a rival gang member and twenty years later is still trying to come to terms with what he's done; a devoted school social worker struggling with her favorite student, who refuses to give evidence in the shooting death of his best friend; the witness to a wrongful police shooting who can't shake what he has seen; and an aging former gang leader who builds a place of refuge for himself and his friends.
Subject	Youth and violence -- Illinois -- Chicago.
	Violent crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago.
	Victims of violent crimes -- Illinois -- Chicago.
	African American youth -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
	African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
	Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
	African Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799698
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Victims of violent crimes. (OCoLC)fst01166352
	Violent crimes. (OCoLC)fst01167321
	Youth and violence. (OCoLC)fst01183589
	Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
Chronological Term	2000-2099
Genre/Form	Audiobooks.
	Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
Standard No.	9781984841179
ISBN	9781984841179
	1984841173
Music No.	PRHA8291 Books on Tape

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