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Originally posted by dtb
Has anyone ever read the book "Random Family" by Adrian LeBlanc? I am reading it now and it's outstanding.
It's non-fiction, but reads like a novel almost. The author "shadowed" her main subject for over a decade, and writes about life in one of the very poorest sections of the very poor South Bronx. It is excellent.
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Is it depressing? I remember trying to read something called "Rachel and Her Children" about homeless families in New York, and I had to put it down.
I realize that this is not a good attitude. Nonetheless, that's the way I am. Probably because I am a large and lazy breed.
