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Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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TracyReadsBooks
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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Fascinating, heartbreaking, sobering nonfiction read about Detroit intertwined with the history of Charlie LeDuff‘s family. Part memoir, part dissection of what went wrong in Detroit, this book reads like a bad detective novel masquerading as urban studies. Charlie himself is not particularly likable & not always believable, but he tells a good story. Best of all, Detroit has come a long way since this book was written. An entertaining book.

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TracyReadsBooks
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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My next nonfiction book.

lynneamch Oooh. Thanks for the reminder that this is on my tbr. Heading there in a couple weeks, so just downloaded from Overdrive. I enjoyed 5y
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RealBooks4ever
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Two recent audiobook listens. There was more humor in Detroit than I expected. Really liked this one. The Feather Thief was SO boring until it got to the 80% mark. Then it got exciting, then it went back to boring. Still, it was worth the read.

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LittlePixels
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I'm not sure if anyone without ties to Detroit would feel the same, but I'm looooooving this book. While documenting the corruption and ruin, I get the impression this is also a love letter to a city he calls home. As someone who was born in Detroit, and spent much time there in the places he talks about while growing up, I'm feeling nostalgia and sadness at the same time. #Detroit #nofilter #ItReallyLooksThisBad 😔

SqueakyChu I‘m not from #Detroit, but you should read some of the books by Michael Zadoorian. This is an author who truly loves his city! 7y
LittlePixels @SqueakyChu I'd never heard of him, but his books do look interesting, especially his latest. I think I'll track it and wait for a price drop ($16 for a Kindle book? 😱), but I'm definitely putting it on my TBR. Thanks! (edited) 7y
SqueakyChu @LittlePixels I‘m reading Beautiful Music now. I won that book as a free #EarlyReviewer on #LibraryThing. Read his book The Leisure Seekers before you see the film made from the book. Best of all were his short stories in The Lost Tiki Palaces of #Detroit. Enjoy! (edited) 7y
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OrangeMooseReads
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Amazing the book. The narrator has a voice that fits the story perfect. A journalist returns to Detroit, where he grew up, and examines how Detroit got to be what it is. The corruption, the violence, the decay. It heartbreaking. The people that just want their city to give a sh*t about them.

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OrangeMooseReads
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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An hour and a half in and my heart is breaking for what has become of Detroit and Michigan

Jess_Read_This It's sad for sure. As someone who lives 40 minutes from Detroit, it's uplifting to see all the work going into revitalization! There's quite a few new restaurants, lofts, M-1 rail street car line, Corktown, new stadium, Farmers Markets, Eastern Market hosted a first year book festival last month, etc. Folks are really committed to the city as it was hit hard. 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Jess_Read_This There is a lot going into revitalization in Detroit. My brother and sister in law (she's from one of the suburbs) live 5 minutes from Detroit and we go down to see them and you can see that there are people that care and want to see the city come back. In this book he writes about the people that care and want to see the city come back. (edited) 7y
Jess_Read_This @OrangeMooseReads I'm glad he's bringing attention to it! When we go downtown each time we are amazed to see the progress. There's been a few times we've exclaimed to each other "This is Detroit?!" I hope the momentum keeps up! 7y
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OrangeMooseReads @Jess_Read_This I agree that it is great because it brings people to the city, but the people that live there can't afford a lot of that stuff. There are still tons of vacant houses that are being burned down by arson, and people that are being forced out of their homes because they can no longer afford it because the jobs still aren't there. 7y
Jess_Read_This @OrangeMooseReads True,industry isn't what it once was. I think there is some hope in the trickle down effect as more businesses are trying to open in the city. Shinola is opening a new hotel. But I know it's all service industry based and some folks don't want to work in that industry. DTE also opened a new waterfront venue last month offering a free concert to showcase it. I often wonder if jobs are here but transportation limits access to them (edited) 7y
Jess_Read_This There isn't a strong public transportation system to allow folks to get to outside suburbs where there might be jobs available. Like the new Amazon distribution center opening. We are such an automotive based area that those that don't have it are so limited in portability. Just my wonderings. 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Jess_Read_This I don't think the industry sector is coming back to Detroit or the US. Transportation is huge and if it's not there then they can't get to a job. But you said it, the jobs are in the suburbs. They aren't in the city, they aren't we're the people live, where they can easily get to them. 7y
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OrangeMooseReads
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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Less than 15 minutes into this audio and HOLY CRAP! More #audiostitching today with hot coffee instead of cold premixed

monkeygirlsmama Fozzie! 7y
Sace Woka woka! 7y
OrangeMooseReads @monkeygirlsmama @RestlessFickleBookSlut my absolute favorite Muppet and my favorite mug 7y
LisaJo FOZZIE!!!!! Making my day. 7y
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OrangeMooseReads
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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Another Kindle sale $1.99 ($7.49 for audio add on). Might only be interesting to Michiganders and economics lovers 😊

MinDea Have you heard about the movie based on detroit by Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty director)? 7y
OrangeMooseReads @MinDea it sounds familiar 7y
MinDea It just came out this last month in June. Not sure if it is in theaters or not but getting decent reviews! 7y
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OrangeMooseReads @MinDea I'll have to look for it 7y
ValerieAndBooks I'm definitely interested!! I used to live not that far from Detroit (most of my time in MI was in Ann Arbor). (edited) 7y
OrangeMooseReads @ValerieAndBooks I've lived on the West side the majority of my life, but my bro and SIL live just outside Detroit. But it seems that what happens to Detroit happens to the rest of the state. 7y
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OffTheBeatenShelf.com
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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This is an excellent, fast-paced nonfiction read. If you liked Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, this is definitely one you don't want to miss. I don't know if he has another book in the works, but I'm already looking forward to it if he does. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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OffTheBeatenShelf.com
Detroit | Charlie Leduff

Just started this audiobook and I'm ADDICTED.

It's so good, but it brings up some interesting moral questions.

Is only focusing on the bad aspects of life and Detroit capitalizing on someone else's misery?

Or is it giving voice to stories that have historically gone ignored?

Is it highlighting a social problem to make people care or is it frightening people away from a city that's experiencing a resurgence? Very interesting...

Hooked_on_books I thought this was a great book. I don't think it's at all exploitative but rather illustrative of what can happen to a city and it's people. I live in Detroit 2004-2009 and appreciated reading this book after moving away. 8y
OffTheBeatenShelf.com @Hooked_on_books In retrospect I definitely agree. Funnily enough, at the same time I was reading this book, my fiancé was reading How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass, which he said is a good followup book. The latter is more about how to not gentrify or be a jerk because you *think* you know a city's reputation when you don't. I imagine Detroiters would love it. 8y
Hooked_on_books From that description they absolutely would! I found Detroiters to be fiercely proud and protective of their city, so that book sounds perfect. 8y
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Weaverj
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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Mid week read! Nonfiction

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kendrastephaniekaryn
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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This was a fascinating, heartbreaking look at a city often ignored by many.

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kendrastephaniekaryn
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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I just watched 8 Mile last night, and I'm reading this today. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! #litsyatoz

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SShiney
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Part true crime. Part memoir. Engaging writing that forces you to open your eyes to the world and feel.

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Sweettartlaura
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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The STFU Award goes to the best audiobook (cos I'm listening to this... Ssshh!)
This year it goes to Detroit. Listening to this is like spending a night bar hopping in Detroit with LeDuff: first you meet the regulars & working stiffs; then you meet the grifters & scammers; eventually you're left with the thugs. At 4 am when dawn is near, the sparse light is not kind to the bones of this city. But LeDuff dares you to love it anyway.
#bestof2016

ReadingEnvy I loved this book 8y
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MicheleinPhilly
Detroit | Charlie Leduff
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#seasonsreadings2016 I haven't read the LeDuff yet but The Turner House was my favorite work of fiction in 2015. #FictionNonfictionPairing

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Zelma
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#TBT apparently I was really in the mood for not-so-light-and-happy nonfiction. China Rich Girlfriend tagged on makes sense after these topics (though I followed it right up with Columbine in December). My reading this year has been more sporadic and all over the place in terms of topics and genre.

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GoneFishing
Detroit | Charlie Leduff

The only difference between Detroit and the Third World in terms of corruption is Detroit don't have no goats in the streets.