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![Goodnight, and Thanks for the Vodka [2002] by Harpie](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1442216888l/25547711._SX98_.jpg "Goodnight, and Thanks for the Vodka [2002] by Harpie")
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This book consists not only of my stories of mistakes, rather it’s all our stories of mistakes and heart aches. It’s the plight of all of us who were rebelling, and kicking against the social messes we found ourselves in. Yet there are so many others who are not alive today, and I feel obligated in not allowing the lessons of their mistakes to lie in the grave with them.
It was the United States Senator, Al Franken, who stated, “Mistakes are a part of being human. Precious life lessons that can
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― The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
― The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
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If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.
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― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
