Book Review #50: "Another Day in the Death of America"

Hey Everyone,

     I am going to review the book "Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives, by Gary Younge. This book is hot off the press being published today October 4, 2016 by Perseus Books Group. For those of you who would like to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE. This book takes a random day in America, and examines the gun deaths of ten young men. The author goes about randomly picking a day and also randomly chooses a sample of ten young men to profile. In this book the author goes into depth of profiling each victim in who they were and the circumstances that lead up to their deaths. He also discusses the issue of gun control throughout the book.

     Overall I rated this book four stars out of five. I really liked that the author being from the United Kingdom wrote this book. It added to this book a view from an outsider who is not living in the United States, without anything to gain. I also liked how the author randomly picked the day and the victims. He was able to add more meaning and significance to the ten lives lost due to gun violence. Without reading this book their lives and deaths would have never been known to the larger community that surrounds them. Even though you hear the numbers of how many people are dying each day by gun deaths, this book brings those numbers to life. No matter how you feel about gun control you should read this book. 

     I would like to thank Netgalley, Gary Younge, and Perseus Books Group for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Until the next page,

Jill