A stone of hope : a memoir / Jim St. Germain, with Jon Sternfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

St. Germain, Jim, author.

Sternfeld, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

St. Germain, Jim.

African American social reformers--United States--Biography.

African American social reformers.

Social advocacy--United States.

Social advocacy.

United States.

At-risk youth--United States--Biography.

At-risk youth.

Juvenile detention homes.

Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation.

Juvenile delinquents.

Juvenile delinquents--Psychology.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Summary:

A searing memoir by a young black man who was a lost cause until he landed in a rehabilitation program that saved his life and gave him purpose.

Born into abject poverty in Haiti, St. Germain's family moved to Brooklyn's Crown Heights where he adapted to street life and began stealing, dealing drugs, and growing increasingly indifferent to despair and violence. At the age of fifteen he was placed in "Boys Town," a nonsecure detention facility designed for rehabilitation. Surrounded by mentors and positive male authority, St. Germain got his GED and graduated from college. Then he made the bravest decision of his life: to live in the projects and work to reform the way the criminal justice system treats at-risk youth.

Contents:

Part I: Brooklyn, USA. Front-row seat ; Five square blocks ; Hustle ; Buffett ; Survival mode ; T and T's

Part II: The system. State property ; Points ; Scars ; Inside out ; Light ; Astonishing

Part III: Out. Re-entry ; Through ; Exposure ; Outward ; The circle ; The bridge ; Thousands of Kalief Browders ; Fences and billboards ; Unfinished products.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292).

ISBN:

9780062458797

0062458795

OCLC:

981580075

Publisher Number:

99972795269