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For readers of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal and of Henry Marsh's Do No Harm

The Mancini Sisters

coming together for departures and arrivals

Little Brother a highway 59 novel I carry a badgeThis intimate exploration of race and inequality in America tells the story of a journalists long time relationship with his mentee, Jorell Cleveland, through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and investigates Jorell's tragic fatal shooting. In 2005, soon after Ben Westhoff moved to St. Louis, he joined the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and was paired with Jorell Cleveland. Ben was twenty eight, a white college grad from an affluent family.