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A Home in the Heart of a City: A Woman's Search for Community Hirsch, Kathleen
0374280797 / 9780374280796 Like New.
Hardcover. Stated 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1998 North Point Press. Superclean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight; appears unread. Minor shelfwear to jacket. Gift-giving condition. 244pp. Language: English. 'With warmth and energy, hope, and a lovely, precise way with language, Hirsch lets us encounter the community she lives in: Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, part of Boston. JP, as its residents call it, has wrested community out of the urban nightmares of drugs, decaying infrastructure, and city tensions. Its people are primarily young, poor, and racially diverse. But its rich cultural life and its deeply felt sense of place have come about because of the hard work of some individual folks and many grassroots associations. Hirsch profiles these with great charm, but more than that, she conveys the flavor of meeting neighbors over beer in the local pub, babies in tow; of the learning that comes when elders, children, newcomers, and old hippies gather around Jamaica Pond. In one of the best set pieces in the book, she describes the Wake Up the Earth festival, a community event in which stilt walkers, face painters, paper dragons, and regular folks didn't let ghastly weather stand in the way of their celebration. Through it all, her elegant, vivid descriptions of the increments that make a place a home and a street a community warm the heart. ... Hirsch's tribute will leave readers longing to build a similar place for themselves, wherever they are.'--GraceAnne A. DeCandido, Booklist.
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