Show Me A Hero, Lisa Belkin
Show Me A Hero, Lisa Belkin
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Show Me A Hero
A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption

Author: Lisa Belkin

Narrator: Jay Snyder

Unabridged: 12 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/29/2015

Synopsis

NOW AN HBO MINISERIES

Not in my backyard -- that's the refrain commonly invoked by property owners who oppose unwanted development. Such words assume a special ferocity when the development in question is public housing. Lisa Belkin penetrates the prejudices, myths, and heated emotions stirred by the most recent trend in public housing as she re-creates a landmark case in riveting detail, showing how a proposal to build scattered-site public housing in middle-class neighborhoods nearly destroyed an entire city and forever changed the lives of many of its citizens.
-- Public housing projects are being torn down throughout the United States. What will take their place? Show Me a Hero explores the answer.
-- An important and compelling work of narrative nonfiction in the tradition of J. Anthony Lukas's Common Ground.
-- A sweeping yet intimate group portrait that assesses the effects of public policy on individual human lives.

About Lisa Belkin

Lisa Belkin is an award-winning journalist and the author of narrative nonfiction books. Her career at the New York Times includes stints as a national correspondent, medical reporter, and contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. Her previous book, Show Me A Hero, was made into an HBO miniseries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean Marie on September 16, 2015

"During an era that no one still living actually remembers, but everyone seems to yearn for, Yonkers was a great city.” So writes Lisa Belkin in Show Me a Hero. I came to this book by way of the HBO mini series of the same name. The Show Me a Hero mini series was co-written by David Simon — the man w......more

Goodreads review by Kayla on January 27, 2015

This is not a book I normally would have picked up, had it not been for a book club. However, it was engrossing, well written, and painted an excellent group portrait of the city of Yonkers from 1988-1993. During this time, Yonkers was federally court ordered to desegregate their public housing by a......more

Goodreads review by Juliet on January 10, 2018

A lire absolument !......more

Goodreads review by Efi on October 23, 2024

Compelling characters but just not the type of book I usually gravitate towards. Overall I would give it 3.75/5 stars very much so an old man book.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on September 29, 2015

While Show Me a Hero is nominally the story of the mid-80's legal battle to force Yonkers, New York to accept public housing, it's really a lesson in local government, politics, protest, community organizing, and how good intentions battle good intentions. A very fast read by Lisa Belkin, a reporter......more

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