![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But between September 1979 and June 1981, more than forty black children were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and brutally murdered throughout “The City Too Busy to Hate.”Ī separated mother of three holding down several jobs, Zala Spencer has managed to survive on the margins of a flourishing economy until she awakens the morning of Sunday, July 20, 1980, to find her teenage son Sonny missing.Īs the hours turn into days, Zala realizes that Sonny is among the many cases of missing children just beginning to attract national attention. Having elected its first black mayor in 1980, Atlanta projected an image of political progressiveness and prosperity. In a suspenseful novel of uncommon depth and intensity, Toni Cade Bambara renders a harrowing portrait of a city under siege. ![]()
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