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After a lucrative television writing career comes to an abrupt end, ex–high school teacher Ray Mitchell returns to the New Jersey city of his birth—to rethink his life, reconnect with his teenage daughter and to spread the wealth on the housing project that reared him. He begins teaching... read more
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- Nerese
- Ray Mitchell
- Carla Powell
- Salim
- White Tom
- Darren
- Myra
- Mrs. Bondo
- Eric
- Tweetie
- Freddy Martinez
- Jackie
- Mrs. Kuben
- Claire
- Ruby
- Antoine
- Mr. Mitchell
- Heinz
- Dempsy
- Omar
- Eddie
- Howell
- Butchie
- Rashaad
- Reggie
- Coley
- Michelle
- Efram
- Ammons
- Brenda Walker
- Billy
- Mr. Jefferson
- Altagracia
- John Shaker
- Rodriguez
- Egan
- Lazaro
- Benny
- Terrance
- Danielle
- Bobby Sugar
- Curtis Mayfield
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Entering Paulus Hook High School for only the second time since graduation twenty-five years earlier, Ray approached the security desk, a rickety card table set up beneath a blue-and-gold Christmas/Kwanza/Hanukkah banner, which still hung from the ceiling in the darkly varnished lobby four days into the New Year.
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- Richard Price (Author)
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