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Author:	Alex Kotlowitz	Format:	--
Publisher:	Bantam Dell Pub Group	ISBN-10:	0385477201
ISBN-13:	9780385477208	Educational Level:	--
Product Type:	--	Publication Year:	--
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Condition:	Good

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Through a difficult search for truth about the murder of an African-American youth in a Michigan town, Alex Kotlowitz examines the divide between races. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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Length:	317 pages
Height:	10.0 in.
Width:	6.8 in.
Thickness:	1.2 in.
Weight:	21.6 oz.

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Alex Kotlowitzs There Are No Children Here was more than a bestseller; it was a national event. His beautifully narrated, heartbreaking nonfiction account of two black boys struggling to grow up in a Chicago public housing complex spent eight weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, was a made-for-television movie starring and produced by Oprah Winfrey, won many distinguished awards, and sparked a continuing national debate on the lives of inner-city children.In The Other Side of the River, his eagerly awaited new book, Kotlowitz takes us to southern Michigan. Here, separated by the St. Joseph River, are two towns, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Geographically close, they are worlds apart, a living metaphor for Americas racial divisions: St. Joseph is a prosperous lakeshore community and ninety-five percent white, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and ninety-two percent black. When the body of a black teenaged boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, unhealed wounds and suspicions between the two towns populations surface as well. The investigation into the young mans death becomes, inevitably, a screen on which each town projects their resentments and fears.The Other Side of the River sensitively portrays the lives and hopes of the towns citizens as they wrestle with this mystery--and reveals the attitudes and misperceptions that undermine race relations throughout America. In this gripping and ultimately profound book, Alex Kotlowitz proves why he is one of this country's foremost writers on the ever explosive issue of race. In The Other Side of the River, Kotlowitz brings readers to two Michigan towns, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. Separated by the St. Joseph River, they are geographically close, yet worlds apart: St. Joseph is a 95 percent white, prosperous lakeshore community, while Benton Harbor is impoverished and 92 percent black. When the body of a black teenage boy from Benton Harbor is found in the river, unhealed wounds and suspicions between the two towns populations surface as well. The investigation into Eric Mcginnis's death inevitably becomes a screen onto which each community projects its resentments and fears. Beautifully written and painstakingly reported, The Other Side of the River sensitively portrays the lives and hopes of the towns' citizens as they wrestle with this mystery and others - and reveals the attitudes and misperceptions that undermine race relations throughout America. This powerful story challenges us to think about our own assumptions about race, no matter which side of the river we live on.
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"Kotlowitz works diligently to get at the elusive truth about one young man's death, and at the larger issue of how the color of our skin shapes our beliefs. Nearly every citizen in St. Joseph and Benton harbor seems to have trouble imagining the view from the other side of the river. This spiritual isolation from each other, Kotlowitz writes, is America's race dilemma." San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Jane Adams (01/18/1998) "Kotlowitz has produced a skillfully rendered, thoughtful study of a divided country in microcosm." Kirkus Reviews (12/01/1997) "As he takes us on his journey, Kotlowitz succeeds in his real purpose, which is to amplify our understanding of the many ways, subtle and not so subtle, in which past experience and present circumstance continue to divide the races into separate subjective camps." New York Times (01/28/1998) "Kotlowitz's portrait of two towns is compelling and evocative....And it is hard to complain about urban sociology that comes wrapped in a detective story." Los Angeles Times Book Review - Tamar Jacoby (02/15/1998)

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The Other Side of the River

Alex Kotlowitz

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Binding:	Hardcover
Book Condition:	Good
Jacket Condition:	Good

ISBN:	0385477201
Publication Date:	1998-01-05
Publisher:	Nan A. Talese

Pages:	336
Height:	1.3000 inches
Width:	6.6000 inches
Weight:	1.3500 pounds

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