Bed-Stuy Is Burning

Bed-Stuy Is Burning
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9781501146954
ISBN-13 : 1501146955
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Book Synopsis Bed-Stuy Is Burning by : Brian Platzer

Download or read book Bed-Stuy Is Burning written by Brian Platzer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aaron, a disgraced rabbi turned Wall Street banker, and Amelia, his journalist girlfriend, live with their newborn in Bedford-Stuyvesant, one of the most rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City. The infusion of upwardly mobile strivers into Bed-Stuy's historic brownstones belies the tension simmering on the streets below. But after a cop shoots a boy in a nearby park, a riot erupts--with Aaron and his family at its center. Over the course of one cataclysmic day, issues of race, policing, faith, and professional ambition will collide"--


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