THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE

An extraordinary coming of age story adapted from the adult memoir by the 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me Ta Nehisi Coates is the young James Joyce of the hip hop generation Walter Mosley This was the abyss where unguided black boys were swallowed whole only to re emerge on corners and prison tiers Ta Nehisi Coates grew up in the tumultuous 1980 s in Baltimore known back then as the murder capital of the United States With seven siblings four mothers and one highly unconventional father Paul Coates a larger than life Vietnam Vet Black Panther Ta Nehisi s coming of age story is gripping and lays bare the troubled often violent life of the inner city and the author s experience as a young black person in it 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