I finished this book much earlier in the month and have a lot to say, but time has sort of faded the rush of things I wanted to share about this book. Bear with me as I give it a shot.
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc went to court to report on the trial of a drug dealer from the Bronx. That trip turned into a detailed book looking at the lives of a handful of women, their children and some of the men surrounding them trying to get by both in the Bronx and Troy, New York. First, she follows Jessica, one of the drug dealers girlfriends, and sets up the neighborhood and the cast of characters. Her brother Cesar meets a young girl, Coco, who falls for him and ends up with two kids by him as well as others.
The author has incredible detail and insight as she combed through court documents, personal letters and even went to live with the women she was writing about for this book. She reports on their lives without judgment, tying together the stories of mothers, grandmothers and children repeating each other's patterns in their desperate attempts to change and start down a new road.
I found this book fascinating and bewildering and, at times, depressing. I definitely think this book is worth digging into and discovering.
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