The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)

Adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me, this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-Nehisi Coates became Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Coates grew up in the tumultuous 1980's in Baltimore, known as the murder capital back then. With seven siblings, four mothers, and one highly unconventional father: Paul Coates, a larger-than-life Vietnam Vet, Black Panther, Afrocentric scholar, Ta-Nehisi's coming of age story is gripping and lays bare the struggles of inner-city kids.

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.

Praise for the adult edition of THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE

Ta-Nehisi Coates is the young James Joyce of the hip-hop generation. --Walter Mosley
Haunting and healing . . . a splendid memoir --Essence
A brilliant coming-of-age story. --People

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Published: 01/12/2021
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 9781984894021
Pages: 176