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A heartfelt, and riveting biography of the short life of a talented young African-American man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets?and of one?s own nature?when he returns home. When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University, he became fast friends with the man who would be his college roommate for four years, Robert Peace. Robert?s life was rough from the beginning in the crime-ridden streets of Newark in the 1980s, with his father in jail and his mother earning less than $15,000 a year. But Robert was a brilliant student, and it was supposed to get easier when he was accepted to Yale, where he studied molecular biochemistry and biophysics. But it didn?t get easier. Robert carried with him the difficult dual nature of his existence, “fronting” in Yale, and at home. Through an honest rendering of Robert?s relationships?with his struggling mother, with his incarcerated father, with his teachers and friends and fellow drug dealers? The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace encompasses the most enduring conflicts in America: race, class, drugs, community, imprisonment, education, family, friendship, and love. It?s about t

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Author

Hobbs, Jeff; Peace, Robert

Publisher

Scribner

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781410477194

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Science, Education

Rating

4.13 / 5 (14,876 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13