A Hope in the Unseen
An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
$37.03
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
4 May 1999
Summary
The inspiring, true coming-of-age story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair.In 1993, Cedric Jennings was a bright and ferociously determined honor student at Ballou, a high school in one of Washington D.C.’s most dangerous neighborhoods, where the dropout rate was well into double digits and just 80 students out of more than 1,350 boasted an average of B or better. At Ballou, Cedric had almost no frien…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780767901260 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0767901266 |
| Author: | Ron Suskind |
| Publisher: | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) |
| Imprint: | Broadway Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 1999 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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“A beautiful book of a heroic American struggle.”–David Halberstam in USA Today”[An] extraordinary, formula-shattering book.”–New York Times Book Review“A story of sheer human grit that should be read by others as example and inspiration.”–Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World“Absolutely gripping. A sort of suspense novel of the human psyche… . It’s beyond good, it’s really extraordinary.”–Walter Kirn, National Public Radio
About The Author
Ron Suskind
Ron Suskind is the author of The Globe and Mail and New York Times bestsellers The One Percent Doctrine, The Price of Loyalty, and A Hope in the Unseen. From 1993 to 2000 he was the senior national affairs writer for The Wall Street Journal, where he won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. He currently writes for various national magazines, including The New York Times Magazine and Esquire, and is the senior fellow at Harvard’s Center of Ethics. He lives in Harvard Square, MA.
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