Bøger af Steve Lopez

The New York Times bestselling true story that inspired the major motion picture-an "unforgettable tale of hope, heart and humanity"(People).Journalist Steve Lopez discovered of Nathaniel Ayers, a former classical bass student at Julliard, playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles's Skid Row. Deeply affected by the beauty of Ayers's music, Lopez took it upon himself to change the prodigy's life-only to find that their relationship would have a profound change on his own."An intimate portrait of mental illness, of atrocious social neglect, and the struggle to resurrect a fallen prodigy."-Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down

Demonstrates how, despite a hostile legal environment and the punitive anti-unionism of US employers, a few unions have organized hundreds of thousands of low-wage service workers in the past few years. This title illustrates how post-industrial, low-wage workers are providing the backbone for a reinvigorated labor movement across the country.

When Steve Lopez sees Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles's skid row, he finds it impossible to walk away.