A Walk Through the Neighborhood by Nathan D. Boyd

An unflinching story of overcoming unimaginable loss and fitting into an unforgiving world, A Walk Through the Neighborhood by Nathan D. Boyd is a moving portrait of gritty city life and the trials of youth. After a heartbreaking betrayal by his father, Timothy Valentine II is sent to live with his Aunt Claire, where he is painfully forced to navigate the rougher sides of his new neighborhood. From first-time fistfights and side-money hustles to watershed decisions about burning out or getting out, this hard-edged novel pulls back the curtain on the crucible of poverty, violence, and desperation for many young Black men in America, resulting in an urgent and essential story that is crafted with both subtlety and intensity.