Age
12+
Grade
7-9
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Beautiful Struggle
Hardcover
(Delacorte Press Jan. 12, 2021)
Adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Coates grew up in the tumultuous 1980's in Baltimore, known as the murder capital back then. With seven siblings, four mothers, and one highly unconventional father: Paul Coates, a larger-than-life Vietnam Vet, Black Panther, Afrocentric scholar, Ta-Nehisi's coming of age story is gripping and lays bare the struggles of inner-city kids.
With candor, Ta-Nehisi Coates details the challenges on the streets and within one's family, especially the eternal struggle for peace between a father and son and the important role family plays in such circumstances.
Praise for the adult edition of THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE:
"Ta-Nehisi Coates is the young James Joyce of the hip-hop generation." --Walter Mosley
"Haunting and healing . . . a splendid memoir" --Essence
"A brilliant coming-of-age story." --People
- ISBN
- 1984894021 / 9781984894021
- Pages
- 176
- Weight
- 19.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 8.2
in.