改遍自Jeff Hobbs的传记作品《The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace》这本书的主人公是一个新泽西州纽瓦克贫民窟里长大的男孩子,名叫罗伯特皮斯。他被耶鲁大学生物学专业录取,却在三十岁的时候,在贩毒帮派的斗殴中暴死街头。故事以罗伯特的耶鲁室友为叙述者,以旁观者的角度讲述了这个看似从原生阶级逆袭,而依然无法逃离悲剧命运的故…
It tells the story of Jem who can only think of her handsome youth pastor. When they start an affair, her chaste life is thrown into turmoil, jeopardizing her place in her family and the only world she's ever known.