Compton, California, is often associated in the public mind with urban America's toughest problems, including economic disinvestment, gang violence, and failing

Compton, California, is often associated in the public mind with urban America's toughest problems, including economic disinvestment, gang violence, and failing

"Astonishingly important.” —Alex Kotlowitz, The Atlantic Through the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, hist

Originally published in hardcover in 2013.

Explores how the suburban imaginary, composed of the built environment and imaginative texts, functions as a resource for living out the "good life"