Jack Myers

Row House Blues: Tales from the Destruction of Philadelphia's Largest Catholic Parish Jack Myers

Combine a neighborhood in turmoil, a strong blue-collar family, and a teenager with middle class instincts what do you get? Row House Blues. . . . In Jack Myers' sequel to Row House Days, the Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood of Jimmy Morris' childhood is no longer simply declining it's plunging headlong into the abyss. As neighbors sell out and head for the suburbs, a painful choice confronts the Morrises: to remain in their once-comfortable row home, or opt for a new life beyond the city limits. The definitive, hard-hitting story of white America's late-twentieth century exodus from our inner cities.