From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here , a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhood. The 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...

"Shawn Harrington returned to Marshall High School as an assistant coach years after appearing as a player in the iconic basketball documentary film Hoop Dreams. In January of 2014, Marshall's struggling team was about to improve ... Everything changed, however, when two young men opened fire on Harrington's car as he drove his daughter to school ... The mistaken-identity shooting was followed by a series of events that had a devastating impact on...

"Organized crime aficionados, Chicago crime buffs and history fans in general are in for a real treat... Johnson's encyclopedic look at 1400 Chicago gangland murders is sure to be a classic. Who better to put together this masterpiece than a man who has dedicated his whole life to law enforcement? Johnson spent 25 years as a police officer in Chicago, only to 'retire' and become chief investigator for the Chicago Crime Commission, and later superintendent...

Eight young women were on the cusp of beginning what should have been a lifetime of fulfillment in careers of service to humanity. They were eight living, breathing, loving, beautiful and bright young women who shared hopes, dreams and ambitions; each of whom had felt a Divine Imperative to choose a career path which would not be easy, a profession of servitude requiring heartfelt dedication to an ambitious training regimen and rigorous classroom...