Concrete Dreamland: Coming of Age in Underground New York BOTY_2025 and the struggle to belong

and the struggle to belong in an age of instant connectivity and profound isolation

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR

and also includes stickers for labeling and archiving

you'll melt it away with your new skills

Concrete Dreamland: Coming of Age in Underground New York BOTY_2025 and the struggle to belongA New York City Book Awards winner From an award winning artist who was featured in Humans of New York comes a bold personal narrative about overcoming family trauma, addiction, povertyand forging a creative life in the greatest city in the world. Born in Brooklyn in 1963, Patrick Dougher grew up in some of the most turbulent and culturally impactful periods of NYC's history. Often neglected as a child by his parentsa father who struggled with alcohol