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The Beautiful Struggle

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Narrated by: Hayden McLean
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Brought to you by Penguin.

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

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.

'Ta-Nehisi Coates is the young James Joyce of the hip-hop generation' Walter Mosley

© Ta-Nehisi Coates 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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Critic reviews

PRAISE FOR TA-NEHISI COATES:

A magnificent writer

Visceral, eloquent and beautifully redemptive
Extraordinary
All stars
Most relevant
A thoroughly thought provoking and beautiful piece of writing, along with a fantastic performance from the narrator.

Beautifully written with stellar narration.

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