Stefanie DeLuca's new book  Coming of Age in the Other America explores the lengths to which young people, born to impoverished families, must go in order to escape the cycle of poverty. The book was created after DeLuca and her colleagues, Susan Clampet-Lundquist and Kathryn Edin, spent 10 years studying children growing up in Baltimore's public housing system. Their research shows how neighborhoods can affect families, and how those who are able to move to better neighborhoods often succeed.

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