Kindness becomes weakness as boys become men in a place where violence is the solution to every problem. In Shawn Goodman’s new novel, 15-year-old James finds himself in an upstate detention center after his brother recruited him into drug trafficking. It’s a coming of age story set in a second chances plot. More Fight Club than Catcher in the Rye, Kindness for Weakness captures the… [Read More]
Filed Under: coming of age, culture of violence, Juvenile Detention Centers, Kindness for Weakness, Shawn Goodman, Something Like Hope
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