{"product_id":"an-american-summer-love-and-death-in-chicago-paperback","title":"An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Kotlowitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Children Here\u003c\/i\u003e, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing about individuals who have emerged from the violence and whose stories capture the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul. The result is a spellbinding collection of deeply intimate profiles that upend what we think we know about gun violence in America. Among others, we meet a man who as a teenager killed a rival gang member and twenty years later is still trying to come to terms with what he's done; a devoted school social worker struggling with her favorite student, who refuses to give evidence in the shooting death of his best friend; the witness to a wrongful police shooting who can't shake what he has seen; and an aging former gang leader who builds a place of refuge for himself and his friends.\u003cbr\u003e Applying the close-up, empathic reporting that made \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Children Here\u003c\/i\u003e a modern classic, Kotlowitz offers a piercingly honest portrait of a city in turmoil. These sketches of those left standing will get into your bones. This one summer will stay with you.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Kotlowitz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eThere Are No Children Here\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewhich the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. His second book, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the River\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Heartland Prize for Non-Fiction. For his documentary film, \u003ci\u003eThe Interrupters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehe received an Emmy and a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. Kotlowitz's work, which has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and on public radio's \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, has been honored with two Peabody awards, two duPont-Columbia University awards, and a George Polk Award. He is a writer in residence at Northwestern University. Kotlowitz lives with his wife, Maria Woltjen, and their two children, Mattie and Lucas, just outside of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754123657504,"sku":"9780804170918","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c60c481bae60e21a0d477ff5490c4949.webp?v=1780033916","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/an-american-summer-love-and-death-in-chicago-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}