Claude Brown's account of his early life in Harlem and, later on, his journey leaving that behind is an impactful read that really sorted a lot of reasoning out in my head. From an outsider's perspective, some of the problems you hear certain neighborhoods dealing with just seem inhuman, but post-Manchild, I feel like I can start to be understanding. This experience definitely made me interested in reading more perspectives on growing up in rough neighborhoods, whether that be Harlem or somewhere else.

Would recommend to nearly everyone. It's not a hard read, but it deals with some heavy topics.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
- rape
- racism
- lots of violence
- swearing
- sexism
- lots of drug usage (plus OD)
- sex
- police violence
and honestly there's probably more, too, because this book was craaaaazy.