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"Random Family tells the American outlaw saga lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour, gold-drenched drug dealers, and street-corner society. With an immediacy made possible only after ten years of reporting, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses the reader in the mind-boggling intricacies of the little-known ghetto world. She charts the tumultuous cycle of the generations, as girls become mothers, mothers become grandmothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles against deprivation.".
"Two romances thread through Random Family: the sexually charismatic nineteen-year-old Jessica's dizzying infatuation with a hugely successful young heroin dealer, Boy George, and fourteen-year-old Coco's first love with Jessica's little brother, Cesar, an aspiring thug. Fleeing from family problems, the young couples try to outrun their destinies. Chauffeurs whisk them to getaways in the Poconos and to nightclubs. They cruise the streets in Lamborghinis and customized James Bond cars.
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 life and death. Friends get murdered; the DEA and FBI investigate Boy George's business activities; Cesar becomes a fugitive; Jessica and Coco endure homelessness, betrayal, the heartbreaking separation of prison, and throughout it all, the insidious damage of poverty. Together, then apart, the teenagers make family where they find it. Girls look for excitement and find trouble; boys, searching for adventure, join crews and prison gangs.
Coco moves upstate to dodge the hazards of the Bronx; Jessica seeks solace in romance. Both find that love is the only place to go."--BOOK JACKET.
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Inner cities, Cas, Études de, Families, Social history, Biographies, Pauvres, Famille, Youth, Conditions sociales, Case studies, Drug use, Social conditions, Quartiers pauvres, Jeunesse, Urban poor, Usage des drogues, Biography, Poor, 71.12 social stratification, social mobility, Bronx (new york, n.y.), New york (n.y.), biography, Youth, united states, New york (n.y.), social conditions, Family, united states, New York Times reviewed, Adolescent, FamilyShowing 5 featured editions. View all 13 editions?
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Random family: love, drugs, trouble, and coming of age in the Bronx
2004, Scribner
in English
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
January 19, 2004, Scribner
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in English
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Zomaar familie: liefde, drugs en volwassen worden in de Bronx
2004, De Arbeiderspers
in Dutch
9029528184 9789029528184
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
January 28, 2003, Scribner
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0684863871 9780684863870
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"Jessica lived on Tremont Avenue, on one of the poorer blocks in a very poor sectionof the Bronx."
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The result of over ten years of immersion reporting, "Random Family" charts a tumultuous decade in which girls become mothers, mothers become grandmothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles against deprivation.
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