Show Me A Hero
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
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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.
Customer Reviews
Absolutely Riveting
Lisa Belkin’s ‘Show Me a Hero’ is a book some will find dry as dirt, and others will find as something like a salvation. I find myself in the category of readers that finds this book to be a miracle. Show Me a Hero is compelling and draws you in, essentially having you in a choke hold until you’re done. Found it hard to put this book down and even harder to stop thinking about it while I couldn’t read it.
If anyone finishes this book and feels sad, and maybe a little raw. Like something is missing in their own life... Read both epilogues. Even if you didn’t plan to. They really gave me a sense of closure and finalization that I didn’t have before.
Nick Wasicsko will always be remembered. May his name be regarded with happy memories and fond words. He did what was best. He tried his hardest to make things right and his efforts won’t be forgotten.