The 57 Bus

This is an important and nuanced story told by an author who clearly worked to write carefully and thoughtfully.

It delves into the relative privileges and disproportionate disadvantages shaping the experiences of both Richard and Sasha in differing and often contradictory ways, based on gender, race, socioeconomic status, and the pertinence of the American criminal justice system to all of the above. You feel for everyone. Sasha and Richard, their family members, their friends. It's very human and very sad.

I would have defined certain terms differently myself, but all in all I think it's very much a book about initially not knowing or understanding certain things and growing to become less ignorant and more compassionate with effort and time.