Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child--and the lack of understanding that led to tragedy.
Master storyteller Richard Price's national bestselling novel of a hijacked car, a missing boy, and an embattled neighborhood polarized by racism, distrust, and accusation is now in paperback. "Freedomland" marks Price's auspicious return to the gritty urban landscape of his bestselling "Clockers."