{"title":"Adrian Nicole Leblanc","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the poignant and immersive works of Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. Her acclaimed non-fiction offers a raw, intimate glimpse into lives often overlooked. Perfect for readers of Katherine Boo and Ted Conover.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"random-family-book-adrian-nicole-leblanc-9780007163434","title":"Random Family","description":"One of the best works of investigative journalism in years, ‘Random Family’ tells the story of growing up in the Latino ghettos of the Bronx, a story of drug-dealers, young mothers, poverty and violence, a family saga like no other.             It's 1985 in the Bronx and teenagers Jessica and Coco are dating drug dealers and getting pregnant. Fifteen years later, they each have five children, Jessica is a grandmother and her drug-dealer boyfriend is serving a life sentence. Welcome to their world.             Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, a prize-winning investigative journalist, has spent a decade accompanying and recording the lives of a motley crew of Latinos living in the Bronx. The result is this extraordinary portrait of love, sex and survival, one of the most riveting and highly acclaimed books of the decade.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49504093143313,"sku":"GOR001336101","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49605965414673,"sku":"GOR001385813","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49633220821265,"sku":"GOR003307316","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52488132788497,"sku":"NLS9780007163434","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53339072594193,"sku":"NGR9780007163434","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0007163436.jpg?v=1751068617"},{"product_id":"random-family-book-adrian-nicole-leblanc-9780007163441","title":"Random Family","description":"Part 'EastEnders', part 'NYPD Blue', 'Random Family' is compelling and tense. It teems with passion, pain and pleasure, and shows us teen drug dealers with incredible organisational and financial skills, thirteen-year-olds having babies to keep their boyfriends interested, and incarcerated men who find life's first peace in solitary confinement.  It's 1985 in the Bronx and teenagers Jessica and Coco are dating drug dealers and getting pregnant. Fifteen years later, they each have five children, Jessica is a grandmother and her drug-dealer boyfriend is serving a life sentence. Welcome to their world.  Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, a prize-winning investigative journalist, has spent a decade accompanying, empathising with and recording the lives of a motley crew of Latinos living in the Bronx.The result is this extraordinary portrait of love, sex and survival, one of the most riveting and highly acclaimed books of the decade.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49544457421073,"sku":"GOR001355779","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49661482631441,"sku":"GOR003184542","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0007163444.jpg?v=1751355453"},{"product_id":"random-family-book-adrian-nicole-leblanc-9780743254434","title":"Random Family","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSet amid the havoc of the War on Drugs, this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller is an \"astonishingly intimate\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine) chronicle of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eone family's triumphs and trials in the South Bronx of the 1990s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Unmatched in depth and power and grace. A profound, achingly beautiful work of narrative nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e...\u003cb\u003eThe standard-bearer of embedded reportage.\" --Matthew Desmond, author of \u003ci\u003eEvicted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In her classic bestseller, journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the world of one family with roots in the Bronx, New York. In 1989, LeBlanc approached Jessica, a young mother whose encounter with the carceral state is about to forever change the direction of her life. This meeting redirected LeBlanc's reporting, taking her past the perennial stories of crime and violence into the community of women and children who bear the brunt of the insidious violence of poverty. Her book bears witness to the teetering highs and devastating lows in the daily lives of Jessica, her family, and her expanding circle of friends. Set at the height of the War on Drugs, \u003ci\u003eRandom Family\u003c\/i\u003e is a love story--an ode to the families that form us and the families we create for ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charting the tumultuous struggle of hope against deprivation over three generations, LeBlanc slips behind the statistics and comes back with a riveting, haunting, and distinctly American true story.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49620379861265,"sku":"GOR004427510","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49626404061457,"sku":"GOR003310509","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49655955915025,"sku":"GOR001778074","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49788418752785,"sku":"CIN0743254430G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49906320212241,"sku":"CIN0743254430VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49915314635025,"sku":"CIN0743254430A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":49926422429969,"sku":"CIN0743254430LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51006429987089,"sku":"NIN9780743254434","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53099413668113,"sku":"GOR011680328","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743254430.jpg?v=1780394720"},{"product_id":"random-family-book-adrian-nicole-leblanc-9780965617475","title":"Random Family","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49902644723985,"sku":"CIN0965617475G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51305788571921,"sku":"CIN0965617475VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51423660310801,"sku":"CIN0965617475A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52261275992337,"sku":"GOR011873225","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0965617475.jpg?v=1750851714"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/collections\/autor-buecher-von-adrian-nicole-leblanc.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}