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Random Family

Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Adrian Nicole Leblanc

Discover the haunting, true story of young people trying to outrun their destinies in the intricacies of the ghetto. Random Family delves into the sagas of gangsta glamour and drug dealers, focusing on the romances of Jessica with a successful heroin dealer, Boy George, and Coco's first love with Jessica's little brother, Cesar. With poverty, homelessness, and the insidious damage it brings, LeBlanc takes readers on a precarious dance between survival and death, showcasing the tumultuous cycle of generations struggling against hope and deprivation.
Publish Date
2004-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
2004-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2003
Goodreads Rating
4.26
ISBN
9780743254434
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2018-02-22T05:17:02.000Z
@AriDavidPaul Sapiens by Harari. Other books I love that aren't recent reads: Seabiscuit and Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. She is the master when it comes to storytelling. Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick, written in the 90s but timely Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc      source