| Description |
xvi, 221 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : July 24-setting up -- Welcome to Crisis Ministries -- EasyLabor -- Another day, another dollar -- Big babies -- Sundays with George -- Hustle time -- Job hunting 101 with Professor Phil Coleman -- Put up or shut up -- "First and last day" -- Adventures in moving -- Movin' on up -- Workers' consternation -- Winter with bubble gum -- Culture shocked -- Fighting for respect -- One last move -- Epilogue : a year later: a didactic look at what I learned and where we go from here. |
| Summary |
Recounts the experiences of the author, a college graduate, as he spends one year living as a homeless person and learns valuable lessons about what it takes to break out of the cycle of poverty in the United States. |
| Subject |
Shepard, Adam.
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Poverty -- United States.
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Working poor -- United States.
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Social mobility -- United States.
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Responsibility.
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| ISBN |
0061714275 |
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9780061714276 |
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