South Side Dreams

Capturing the harrowing life of a Chicago family and its struggle to get by, get ahead, and get through, this novel chronicles hard lessons and real truths in the inner city.

With his pitch-perfect ear for the rhythms and dialogue of the inner city, Brian Ray takes his place alongside Kwan Foye as a master chronicler of urban life. In "South Side, he captures the harrowing life of a Chicago family as they struggle to get by, get ahead, and get through. "South Side takes place within the space of a week and follows the lives of a black family living in a desolate neighborhood on the crime ridden "South side. Family life in the Evans household can be fraught at the best of times, but especially when they are caught up in a web of crime, sex and injustice. When the matriarch of the clan, Dorothy Evans, literally drinks herself to death, the children are forced to tackle their own futures. Hard lessons and real truths will be revealed in this inspirational novel.