The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

*Now a major motion picture— Rob Peace —starring Jay Will, Mary J. Blige, and Chiwetel Ejiofor* *Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review , Entertainment Weekly, and more* The New York Times bestselling account of a young African-American man who escaped Newark, NJ, to attend Yale, but still faced the dangers of the streets when he returned is, “nuanced and shattering” ( People ) and “mesmeric” ( The New York Times Book Review ). When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale Univ