This memoir brought to light a neighborhood in dire straits, a people forgotten, and a social system run amok. Unable to deal with the ramifications of this crime-ridden community, the police avoided the area... sometimes ignoring it all-together, because they too, were often corrupt. Irish pride, so fiercely at the forefront of the community's inhabitants, often caused them to deny what was happening right in front of their eyes. Their family and friends were being taken from this world at an astonishing rate, and yet, they couldn't see that it was their own people at the root of this injustice.
It is such a sad reality for so many people in major metropolitan cities across the United States. This cyclical poverty and violence is something that must be dealt with, and yet, is so pervasive as to be uncontrollable. Mr. MacDonald has done his community a tremendous service, as no one else would have ever come forth to claim this harsh reality.
Read 11/3/17
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