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Emotionally devastating yet also an incisive work of social science. Should be required reading for all citizens.
Oct 31, 2016
Abby Johnson
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
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grownup_books,
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I admit, it was HARD for me to check my privilege for the first half of this book, but I'm glad I persevered because I think I managed it by the end. This is an eye-opening read and don't skip the epilogue or author's note.
For any librarian who has gotten frustrated at patrons with tons of lost books and returned mail (me!), this is a must read. ...more
For any librarian who has gotten frustrated at patrons with tons of lost books and returned mail (me!), this is a must read. ...more
Mar 07, 2016
Michelle
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it was amazing
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nonfiction,
social-science
If I could give this six stars, I would. A moving and insightful ethnography that motivates me to learn more about the roots of poverty and how to help in the long term. Makes me appreciate my home too.
This book touches on such an important issue ---the importance of affordable and decent housing. I listened to it as an audiobook. There were some individuals whose situations & narratives I was more drawn to than others. However, the way that different individuals' stories are interwoven, was confusing to me at some point. It certainly brings home the importance of this issue. To have listened to it during quarantine especially prompted me to wonder with record unemployment numbers and societal
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This was not only informative, but gripping. I finished it in just two sittings. It reminded me of some of the most affecting nonfiction I've ever read; books like Nickle & Dimed (for the immersion), and Columbine (for the research) and No Free Lunch (for the investigation of societal structures.)
It will go up there with my list of some of the best, most important, and most readable nonfiction I've ever read. ...more
It will go up there with my list of some of the best, most important, and most readable nonfiction I've ever read. ...more
Heartbreaking but necessary read, I wish I'd read it years ago.
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Feb 01, 2018
Erica
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really liked it
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non-fiction,
men-authors,
politics-and-social-movements,
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Dec 26, 2016
Kate
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Feb 11, 2017
Nicole
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it was amazing
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read-in-2017
Nov 13, 2017
Terri FL
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it was amazing
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