Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the BronxThis New York Times bestseller intimately depicts urban life in a gripping book that slips behind cold statistics and sensationalism to reveal the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour. In her extraordinary bestseller, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the intricacies of the ghetto, revealing the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour, gold-drenched drug dealers, and street-corner society. Focusing on two romances—Jessica’s dizzying infatuation with a hugely successful young heroin dealer, Boy George, and Coco’s first love with Jessica's little brother, Cesar—Random Family is the story of young people trying to outrun their destinies. Jessica and Boy George ride the wild adventure between riches and ruin, while Coco and Cesar stick closer to the street, all four caught in a precarious dance between survival and death. Friends get murdered; the DEA and FBI investigate Boy George; Cesar becomes a fugitive; Jessica and Coco endure homelessness, betrayal, the heartbreaking separation of prison, and, throughout it all, the insidious damage of poverty. Charting the tumultuous cycle of the generations—as girls become mothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles against deprivation—LeBlanc slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism and comes back with a riveting, haunting, and true story. |
Contents
Section 1 | 24 |
Section 2 | 38 |
Section 3 | 60 |
Section 4 | 70 |
Section 5 | 76 |
Section 6 | 92 |
Section 7 | 103 |
Section 8 | 112 |
Section 17 | 204 |
Section 18 | 232 |
Section 19 | 258 |
Section 20 | 264 |
Section 21 | 284 |
Section 22 | 299 |
Section 23 | 306 |
Section 24 | 336 |
Section 9 | 123 |
Section 10 | 130 |
Section 11 | 139 |
Section 12 | 159 |
Section 13 | 170 |
Section 14 | 182 |
Section 15 | 188 |
Section 16 | 200 |
Section 25 | 351 |
Section 26 | 361 |
Section 27 | 366 |
Section 28 | 372 |
Section 29 | 386 |
Section 30 | 394 |
Other editions - View all
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Limited preview - 2012 |
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx Adrian Nicole LeBlanc Limited preview - 2003 |
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx Adrian Nicole LeBlanc No preview available - 2004 |
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