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Rosa Lee: A Generational Tale Of Poverty And Survival In Urban America
by Leon Dash
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Basic Books (1996-08-22)
ISBN: 0465070922
EAN: 9780465070923
Dewey Decimal #: 305.896073
Hardcover: 288 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: 06426
Condition: Collectible: Very Go
Comments: SIGNED and inscribed by author, minor edge wear on dust jacket.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Based a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles in The Washington Post, the story of a poor, middle-aged black woman from Washington, D.C., recounts her children's attempts to escape the ghetto. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
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Amazon.com Review
Drug-addled, welfare-using and AIDS-infected, Rosa Lee--a black woman living in the slums of Washington, D.C.--shines an enormous amount of light on the seemingly intractable problems of the underclass by allowing Leon Dash to tell her story. You won't find any diagrams or number-crunching in this book, just an absorbing tale of inner-city despair. Dash won the Pulitzer Prize for his series of articles on Rosa Lee for the Washington Post. The book is even better--easily the best of its type since Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here.
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Customer Reviews
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Highly recommend this read!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-01-03
Very interesting and inspiring true story. I have heard the author is a very impressive public speaker; he still teaches at UIC and still does lectures. Would recommend going if you are at all interested in social work, public relations, nursing, etc.
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Another world
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-05-01
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This was required reading for a nursing class. I was completely engrossed in Rosa's story and the system. It really gives the reader a terribly rude awakening to a completely different world within our own country. Maddening and enlightening at the same time-
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EXCELLENT in every way
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-01-05
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book draws you in, in every way. Exceptionally writen to the point where you feel a true connection to the story whether or not you agree or disagree - it will bring out emotion either negative or positive from its reader. Dash delves deep into the real lives an urban family and their struggles and sheds light on situations that many don't realize are the everyday lives of some Americans. This book will make you think deeply about poverty and the decisions that some are forced to make on a daily basis. Whether you agree or disagree with the issues in the book, it is DEFINATELY worth reading.
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The Real hard times of a citizen growing up in The projects.
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-06-06
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family In Urban America shows what can really happen if an individual does not require a successful education. The problems of Rosa Lee were dropping out of school because her own mother says that education is a waste of time and gets her nowhere in life. Other problems were growing up in the projects selling and shooting heroin, tricking, and shoplifting her way through life. The biggest problem of Rosa Lee were knowing six out of your eight children are doing the same activities as herself. Her number one quote of getting through life, "To Survive", is the worst way to live through life as a poor individual. Leon Dash really shows what it's like growing up in one of poorest ghettos of Washington D.C. The Rosa Lee book is astonishing and I encourage everyone to read it so they are influenced. I give it two thumbs up!
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Thought provoking
Rating (4)
Date: 2005-01-06
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
If the measure of a good book is that it exposes you to new information and makes you think, then this a great book! I enjoyed Mr Dash's even-handed writing style, it wasn't overly critical or sympathetic. Rosa Lee has made some very poor decisions in her lifetime, ones that will have far-reaching effects on the generations that come after her. The book gives you the insight as to why she made those decisions without excusing her actions. I came away from this book with more questions than I had when I started reading. It's almost a "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" scenario...it makes you wonder if Rosa Lee created her own problems or if her problems created her? As a Sociologist I have always been interested in urban blight and deviant behavior and try to read as much on the topic as possible, and I must say that this is one of the better books that I have read. I would also highly recommend "The Corner" as another book that explores the issues facing the urban underclass. Thank you Mr. Dash for daring to uncover an ugly part of America that some people wish would stay hidden!
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