Stateways Garden - Jasmon Drain

York Times Book Review Editorsrsquo; Choice A Blazingly Original Story Collection About The Interconnected Lives Of The Residents Of A Public Housing Project On The South Side Of Chicago The Residents And Their Buoyant Dreams Are Documented, Celebrated, Honored. I Bow To This Writer In Gratitude.sandra Cisneros Named One Of The Ten Best Books Of The Year By Chicago Tribune Before Being Torn Down In 2007, The Stateway Gardens Public Housing Projects On Chicagorsquo;s South Side Were Ridden With Deprivation And Crime. But For Some, Like Tracy, The Shy, Intelligent Young Boy At The Center Of This Enthralling Collection Of Linked Stories, They Are Simply Home.