DC By the Book

Excerpt: Although it was a Monday night, Adams-Morgan was still busy. Groups of suited Capitol Hill staffers, interns in high-heeled boots, and Ethiopian men from the neighborhood all vied with each other for elbow room outside the bars and restaurants.

Excerpt: The homes of C Street SE were boxy, two-story brick duplexes across the street from Fort Chaplin Park. The park's dense trees provided a surprisingly wooded view for homes in the middle of the city. Inside one of the houses, Laprea sat on a couch between her twins, watching Dameka's favorite movie, The LIttle Mermaid, again.