*An extraordinary coming-of-age story adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times
bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me*'Ta-Nehisi Coates is the
young James Joyce of the hip-hop generation' Walter MosleyThis was the abyss where unguided
black boys were swallowed whole only to re-emerge on corners and prison tiersTa-Nehisi Coates
grew up in the tumultuous 1980's in Baltimore known back then as the murder capital of the
United States. With seven siblings four mothers and one highly unconventional father: Paul
Coates a larger-than-life Vietnam Vet Black Panther Ta-Nehisi's coming of age story is
gripping and lays bare the troubled often violent life of the inner-city and the author's
experience as a young black person in itWith candor Ta-Nehisi Coates details the challenges on
the streets and within one's family especially the eternal struggle for peace between a father
and son and the important role family plays in such circumstances.
