{"product_id":"2940169211436","title":"An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the best-selling 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe numbers are staggering: Over the past 20 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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 amp;mdash; and the breaking point amp;mdash; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong others, we meet a man who as a teenager killed a rival gang member and 20 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplying 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104430440688,"sku":"2940169211436","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169211436_p0.jpg?v=1763675285","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169211436","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}