Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Hand to Mouth

Hand to Mouth:  Living in Bootstrap America / Linda Tirado 195 pgs.

What do you think you know about being poor?  Perhaps you have first hand experience.  If you don't, you probably have all kinds of ideas about why people are poor and why they stay that way.  Maybe you should read this book and get a first hand account of the difficulties that arise when you don't have the $100 you need to get your car out of the tow lot.  By the time you get paid at the end of the week and DO have the money, the bill has gone up to $800.  You lose your vehicle.  With no transportation, you lose your job.  With no job, you lose your apartment.  Things that are a real pain in the ass and inconvenient for someone who DOES have the $100 tow fee become life altering for those who don't.  When you are living on such a slim margin, pretty much anything can push you off the track.  It happens over and over and it is something that can really grind you down. Now and then you can read a book and really understand a part of someone else's life.  I think this is one of those books.

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