Growing up in Long Beach, California, L is a positive hard working young man desperate to escape the trappings of a violent life in the Hood. He is guided only by his strong sense of self and the need to provide a better life for his daughter. L shares powerful childhood bonds with his three best friends, C- ex-military/gangsta, E- hustler/activist and B- a promising young rapper. L is constantly at odds with the world in which he finds himself. But in a neighborhood dominated by gangs, drugs, alcohol, guns and self-created obstacles there are no guarantees, especially when it comes to making it out alive.EveryDay Life relays powerful messages about life, death and all things in-between in America’s urban ghettos and forces people to look at issues that are all too easy to ignore from urban sprawl, race relations to sex and politics. This is a work of literature that that holds no punches while delivering an extremely humorous story. It is far from just a story about a selected African American community in Los Angeles, it’s about all of us and what we choose as our life. It is a true piece of African-Americana.Honestly everyone who picks up EveryDay Life wont get it, but those that do have said that it is now their favorite book.
خواندن متن اصلی انگلیسی
Growing up in Long Beach, California, L is a positive hard working young man desperate to escape the trappings of a violent life in the Hood. He is guided only by his strong sense of self and the need to provide a better life for his daughter. L shares powerful childhood bonds with his three best friends, C- ex-military/gangsta, E- hustler/activist and B- a promising young rapper. L is constantly at odds with the world in which he finds himself. But in a neighborhood dominated by gangs, drugs, alcohol, guns and self-created obstacles there are no guarantees, especially when it comes to making it out alive.EveryDay Life relays powerful messages about life, death and all things in-between in America’s urban ghettos and forces people to look at issues that are all too easy to ignore from urban sprawl, race relations to sex and politics. This is a work of literature that that holds no punches while delivering an extremely humorous story. It is far from just a story about a selected African American community in Los Angeles, it’s about all of us and what we choose as our life. It is a true piece of African-Americana.Honestly everyone who picks up EveryDay Life wont get it, but those that do have said that it is now their favorite book.
شناسنامهٔ کتاب
- تعداد صفحات
- ۱۴۸
- زبان
- English
- ناشر
- Llumina Press
- شابک
- 9780000000000
مکان روایت
- Long Beach
- California (United States
لانگ بیچ، کالیفرنیا (ایالات متحده آمریکا)
جوایز
- RIO Award of Excellence by Reviewers International Organization for Humor (2009
