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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark
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by Jeff Hobbs

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An instant New York Times bestseller, named a best book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, and Entertainment Weekly, among others, this celebrated account of a young African-American man who escaped Newark, NJ, to attend Yale, but still faced the dangers of the streets when he returned is, "nuanced and shattering" (People) and "mesmeric" (The New York Times Book Review).When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Robert Peace. Robert's life was rough from the beginning in the crime-ridden streets of Newark in the 1980s, with his father in jail and his mother earning less than $15,000 a year. But Robert was a brilliant student, and it was supposed to get easier when he was accepted to Yale, where he studied molecular biochemistry and biophysics. But it didn't get easier. Robert carried with him the difficult dual nature of his existence, trying to fit in at Yale, and at home on breaks. A compelling and honest portrait of Robert's relationships--with his struggling mother, with his incarcerated father, with his teachers and friends--The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace encompasses the most enduring conflicts in America: race, class, drugs, community, imprisonment, education, family, friendship, and love. It's about the collision of two fiercely insular worlds--the ivy-covered campus of Yale University and the slums of Newark, New Jersey, and the difficulty of going from one to the other and then back again. It's about trying to live a decent life in America. But most all this "fresh, compelling" (The Washington Post) story is about the tragic life of one singular brilliant young man. His end, a violent one, is heartbreaking and powerful and "a haunting American tragedy for our times" (Entertainment Weekly).

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  • Title The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
  • Author Jeff Hobbs
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scribner Book Company, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2015-07-28
  • ISBN 9781476731919 / 1476731918
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
  • Reading level 1220
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1980's
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Connecticut
    • Geographic Orientation: New Jersey
    • Locality: New Haven-Bridgeport, CT
    • Locality: Newark, N.J.
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects African American college graduates, Yale University - Alumni and alumnae
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014001213
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • New York Times Book Review, 08/30/2015, Page 28
  • People Weekly, 08/03/2015, Page 40

About the author

Jeff Hobbs is the New York Times bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award in Biography, was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal in nonfiction, and was made into the film Rob Peace. His most recent book, Seeking Shelter, won the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and the California Book Award for nonfiction, and was named a best book of the year by The New Yorker. He has taught nonfiction writing at Yale University, was a Guggenheim Fellow, and is also the author of Show Them You're Good and Children of the State. He lives in Los Angeles with his family.

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