The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
On one level, The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace is about unfulfilled potential and heartbreaking loss, but more importantly it deals with the pressure we all feel to succeed and be happy in an...
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Like many Americans I walk an uneasy line between being appalled by the living conditions of the inner-city and being afraid of them. The educational and socio-economic disadvantages common in...
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A lot is made of the romance of bookstores. The smell of paper! The joy of discovery! The ancient, cracking leather bindings of books with dated inscriptions! And it's true that bookstores are magical...
View ArticleThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
This could be a Hallmark-movie tearjerker of a book, but Hobbs is far too talented and self-aware for that. What he delivers instead is a harrowing elegy and an eye-opening examination of inner-city...
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