Random Family

Name: Random Family
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SKU: 9780007163434
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Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx

By Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

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Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc delves into the intricate dynamics of love, poverty, and survival, focusing on the lives of a close-knit group of individuals in the Bronx over more than a decade. The book intimately chronicles their struggles with drugs, incarceration, and young motherhood, revealing the larger societal structures that shape their experiences. LeBlanc's immersive narrative provides a profound insight into the resilience and challenges faced by her subjects.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in an intimate portrayal of inner-city life over a decade. Adrian Nicole LeBlanc offers a gripping and unflinching narrative that delves into themes of love, struggle, and resilience. If you appreciate deeply researched, empathetic storytelling that paints a vivid picture of real lives, you'll likely find this biography and memoir captivating.

Random Family

One of the best works of investigative journalism in years, ‘Random Family’ tells the story of growing up in the Latino ghettos of the Bronx, a story of drug-dealers, young mothers, poverty and violence, a family saga like no other.

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One of the best works of investigative journalism in years, Random Family tells the story of growing up in the Latino ghettos of the Bronx—a story of drug-dealers, young mothers, poverty, and violence—a family saga like no other.

It's 1985 in the Bronx, and teenagers Jessica and Coco are dating drug dealers and getting pregnant. Fifteen years later, they each have five children; Jessica is a grandmother, and her drug-dealer boyfriend is serving a life sentence. Welcome to their world.

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, a prize-winning investigative journalist, has spent a decade accompanying and recording the lives of a motley crew of Latinos living in the Bronx. The result is this extraordinary portrait of love, sex, and survival, one of the most riveting and highly acclaimed books of the decade.

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Adrian Nicole LeBlanc's Random Family is praised for its vivid and intimate portrayal of the lives of two Puerto Rican women and their families in the Bronx during the 1980s and 1990s. Critics highlight its narrative journalism style, comparing it to a novel due to its depth and character empathy. The book's detailed depiction of poverty and urban struggle is both heartbreaking and illuminating, making it a compelling social document and a significant achievement in capturing the often-overlooked realities of inner-city life.

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ISBN: 9780007163434

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 September 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperPerennial

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 295g

Pages: 432

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About the Author

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc has written for the New York Times, Esquire, Village Voice and Elle. She was a non-fiction fellow at Radcliffe’s Bunting Institute.

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