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This was a favorite book of mine in high school, and it's still an amazingly complex portrait of a particular character in a particular place. Growing up in a rural area, my experience was very different than of the urban, heroin-addicted hero, but Childress helped me relate to him and see the world through his eyes.
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A Hero Ain't Nothin But a Sandwich by Alice Childress
Jenna, August 25, 2008
This was a favorite book of mine in high school, and it's still an amazingly complex portrait of a particular character in a particular place. Growing up in a rural area, my experience was very different than of the urban, heroin-addicted hero, but Childress helped me relate to him and see the world through his eyes.