Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation Audiobook

" I just remember thinking how sad this book was. It made me wish I could bring those kids into my own home and provide for them. I'm so grateful I can provide so much for my own children. "

" In my top 5 best books I've ever read. "

" New York City slums from the perspective of the kids that live there. The author's sincere attempt to describe life for a select group of kids by compiliting the results of numerous interviews. I knew there was extreme poverty in parts of New York City (and crime, drugs, higher rates of AIDS, gangs), but I had no idea that the "public services" (schools, hospitals, parks, and city services) were so, so bad....dirty hospital rooms that patients have to clean themselves, classrooms meeting in bathrooms, buildings not inspected by the City because inspectors didn't feel 'safe' entering, kids with an average asthma rate 9 times that of kids across town...seriously? You should read this. "

" a good book on life in the inner city. kozol is an expert in this field of sociology. i read this book when i was interested in learning more about the troubled inner city. "

" I learned a lot about the hardships that inner-city folks face and the disparities in our society. "

" Kozol researches the lives of families living in some of the worst neighborhoods in the country. What he finds surprises and confounds. The book made me angry for the unbearable difficulties these American children face. Government care, education and other solutions are almost laughable in their absurdity. It's a wonder anyone can pull themselves up out the slums. "

" It surreally opened my eyes to see that such stuff can happen in America in all places. It made me feel soiled and childish how I thought I was unhappy because of the situation I'm in. "

" This book hit home for me as Kozol writes about the disturbing yet real details of down and out urban children in real city schools. As a public school teacher in chicago, I connected to this text with respect to the children and their parents. "

" This book gives the inside look to children who grow up with less and speaks about those we fear the most, the poor "

" Kozol alarms his readers that there is still a catastrophic problem in our educational system through beautifully written and moving stories of children and families all across america. A good combination of narrative and cold facts. "

" like Random Family, this book swallowed me whole, and was devastatingly upsetting. "

" Read this book for my Just Faith class. It was a tough read in the aspect that it talks a lot about poverty in NYC and how things really haven't changed. "

" Just humbling. Makes us all want to quit our day jobs and go work for the rest of our lives with children in the South Bronx. "

" Ya'll better get your Kozol on. "

" This book will give you an appreciation of how people live in the inner city. "

" Insightful, disturbing look at poverty in the slums of New York City. Like the author, I'm left wondering what can be done to stop the cycle of abject poverty living right in the midst of us. "

" This book was incredible. Heartbreaking. Extremely well written. Unbearably sad. It exposes the worst of our society in a way that also exposes the best and the most resilient. I am so glad he is giving voice to these stories. "

" well-written and interesting. no particularly mind-blowing conclusions for me though "

" This was the first book by Kozol that I read. It left a lasting impression! "

" I thought this book was just ok. To me it just felt off somehow. But it does give you a good picture of what it was like growing up in the places he visited in that time. "

" People don't read this, or would b/c of some sociology class during their undergrad(shoot that's what I did) but I truely think its critical in our adult lives (as U.S. citizens, as voters) to understand what is going on in our social system - outside of our pretty little suburbs. "

" I read this book for one of my education classes and found it very interesting. It gives a glimpse into the lives of many children and the struggles they face from living life in the bronx and how that affects their ability to be educated. I recall this being a tear jerker for me. "

" I think that this study/investigation into the lives of people living in the South Bronx in the early to mid 90's may still be indicitive of the forgotton population of NYC now.... truly an eye-opening book with the largest question facing this country: why can't we take care of people here? "

" The documentary of a continual disgrace. "

" Helped me realize what poverty was all about. "

" It is a tremendous tragedy that this book only becomes more relevant with time. Surely Kozol would have loved it to become an artifact rather than a continued implication of educational racism and bureaucratic incompetence. "

" Amazing glimpse into the lives of the less fortunate who happen to be our neighbors--breaks apart the myths and stereotypes of inner city folks trying to survive and what they do for their children to get ahead. "

" well written essay of poverty in the South Bronx in the 1990s. Kozol weaved stories and interviews of despair and sadness with glimmers of hope effortlessly. "

" It surreally opened my eyes to see that such stuff can happen in America in all places. It made me feel soiled and childish how I thought I was unhappy because of the situation I'm in. "

" I couldn't bring myself to finish this book (though I came within 50 pages.) It was well-written and compelling, but god, so depressing. Which I guess is kind of the point (kind of), but I just couldn't go on. "

" I really liked this book. It was heartbreaking but very interesting. It is focused on poverty and the terrible conditions that are prevalent in the poorest area of New York City- it is incredible how terrible conditions can be- even here in the U.S. "

" Racism in America. It exists. And Jonathan Kozol, in every book he writes, portrays this horrible cruelty with open eyes and an open heart. Everyone should read at least one of Kozol's books. "

" This is an important and moving book. "

" I read this book for one of my education classes and found it very interesting. It gives a glimpse into the lives of many children and the struggles they face from living life in the bronx and how that affects their ability to be educated. I recall this being a tear jerker for me. "

" This book was made me choose to become an educator. Thank you Kozol. "