When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Streets - Paperback

by Timothy Black (Author)

A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Based on an unprecedented eighteen-year study, the center of this riveting book are three engaging streetwise brothers who provide powerful testimony to the exigencies of life lived on the social and economic margins. With profound lessons regarding the intersection of social forces and individual choices, Black succeeds in putting a human face on some of the most important public policy issues of our time.

Author Biography

Timothy Black is an associate professor of sociology and the interim director of the Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University.