When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Streets

At the center of this riveting book-based on an unprecedented eighteen-year study-are three engaging, streetwise brothers who provide a powerful testimony to the exigencies of life lived on the social and economic margins. With profound lessons regarding the intersection of social forces and individual choices, Black succeeds in putting a human face on some of the most important public policy issues of our time.