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The Other Side of Prospect - A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City
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One New Haven summer evening in 2006, a retired grandfather was
shot point-blank by a young stranger. A hasty police investigation
culminated in innocent sixteen-year-old Bobby being sentenced to
prison for thirty-eight years. New Haven native and acclaimed
author Nicholas Dawidoff returned home and spent eight years
reporting the deeper story of this injustice, and what it reveals
about the enduring legacies of social and economic disparity. In
The Other Side of Prospect, he has produced an immersive portrait
of a seminal community in an old American city now beset by
division and gun violence. Tracing the histories of three people
whose lives meet in tragedy—victim Pete Fields, likely murderer
Major, and Bobby—Dawidoff indelibly describes optimistic families
coming north from South Carolina as part of the Great Migration,
for the promise of opportunity and upward mobility, and the
harrowing costs of deindustrialization and neglect. Foremost are
the unique challenges confronted by children like Major and Bobby
coming of age in their “forgotten” neighborhood, steps from
Yale University. After years in prison, with the help of a
true-believing lawyer, Bobby is finally set free. His subsequent
struggles with the memories of prison, and his heartbreaking
efforts to reconnect with family and community, exemplify the
challenges the formerly incarcerated face upon reentry into society
and, writes Reginald Dwayne Betts, make this “the best book about
the crisis of incarceration in America.” The Other Side of
Prospect is a reportorial tour de force, at once a sweeping account
of how the injustices of racism and inequality reverberate through
the generations, and a beautifully written portrait of American
city life, told through a group of unforgettable people and their
intertwined experiences.
General
Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Nicholas Dawidoff
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Dimensions: |
211 x 140 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
464 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-06602-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-324-06602-4 |
Barcode: |
9781324066026 |
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