Monday, May 4, 2020

Stateway's Garden

Stateway's Garden: stories / Jasmon Drain, read by Guy Lockard, Shayna Small and Sullivan Jones, 288 pgs.

A coming of age story set in the projects in Chicago.  Stateway's Garden is a real place that was eventually torn down.  Most of these stories revolve around two brothers, Tracy and Jacob.  They are dealing with the ravages of poverty, a mom who is always working and the absent fathers, each mostly unknown to their sons.  The dialog is realistic and relatable.  The situations are not always relatable but that is the point, I think.  The audio is well done by a small cast.

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