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08-12-2007, 10:43 PM
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Third and Indiana by Steve Lopez - A book about Philly "Badlands"
Has anyone read Third and Indiana by Steve Lopez?
It is about a section of Philly called "The Badlands"
The story includes a woman named Ofelia Santoro and her son, Gabriel. Gabriel ran away from home to be a drug dealer, while Ofelia is frantically searching for her son. Meanwhile, Eddie Passarelli, a South Philadelphia Italian-American, is living in a slumlord lot owned by his mom when he finds that he owes a mob boss some money after the mob boss's car, used by Eddie, goes up in flames. Eddie and Gabriel seek to get each other out of their pathetic situations.
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02-18-2008, 10:24 PM
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great book
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02-19-2008, 09:56 AM
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I remember when this book came out about 10+ years ago because I used to read the author, Steve Lopez's well written columns in the Philadelphia Inquirer. It looks like it's available on Amazon, used, for a great price.
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02-20-2008, 08:09 PM
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Students at Edison High School have read this book and loved it!
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08-22-2008, 10:29 AM
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the rights to the book were actually bought by Oprah, and supposedly it was in line to be made into a movie.
No idea why that never worked out...wish it had though
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08-22-2008, 10:40 AM
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Lopez and Pete Dexter are great authors and journalists.
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01-28-2009, 11:03 AM
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My Son is from the Badlands even before it was called that. When my family lived on B & Cambria. He stayed on the streets and upstate. The stories he tells me sounds like a true soldiers stories from in country
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01-28-2009, 11:08 AM
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That's a rough area. My area was no walk in the part (33rd+Diamond) in North Philly, but it was better than that area.
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05-05-2009, 01:14 PM
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I think this this is a good book.I'm from Blumberg Projects in North Philly(23&Oxford)so i can relate to most of the things in the book.
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05-25-2009, 06:15 PM
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I grew up on third and indy! I read the book and I can reall relate to it!!!
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