Bed-Stuy Is Burning
Author | : Brian Platzer |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2017-07-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501146954 |
ISBN-13 | : 1501146955 |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
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"--