A review by kkonda
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs

5.0

Jeff Hobbs did a great job of making me care for and feel invested in Robert Peace, without feeling like I understood him… which is how I think a lot of people who contributed their memories to the book might have felt, and a big part of why this story is so moving. More than a decade on, I hope his mother has found some consolation in the fact that her son’s life story, thoughtfully recounted, is still spreading.