A City Year: On the Streets and in the Neighborhoods With Twelve Young Community Service Volunteers
Suzanne Goldsmith, a young, independent reporter, signed on for a year of service with City Year, the widely praised, Boston-based community service program. A CITY YEAR, published by the New Press, is the story of that year—an honest and gritty account of the triumphs and setbacks faced by an idealistic and experimental social program in its infancy.
“Suzanne Goldsmith writes with a rare combination of hope in the ideals of public service and realism about the lives of young people in tough circumstances.
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“The best book ever-written from the trenches-on what it is like to volunteer, by a keen observer and storywriter.
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