Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America, (Paperback)

from iowabooker

So much material and real life experience she connected with that I can identify with.

from jwrudn

A first person account of what it is like to be poor in America and why poor people make bad decisions. As bad as the poverty itself is being treated as if having no money is a crime. (It could be argued that having too much money is a crime).

from carissaburks

This is a no holds barred account of one woman's life and viewpoints of living in poverty. She makes sure the reader understands that she, in no way, speaks for people who are poor as a whole, but this is how she personally sees it and what she has personally gone through. She is blunt. She is ho...

from 4leschats

A poignant look at poverty in the US. Tirado, who has endured financial difficulties uses humor and first person insight to demonstrate the plight of the poor and to explain the difficulties of escaping poverty. She quickly recognizes that not all of her decisions make sense to the more affluent ...

from nmele

Although it is already dated by the Draconian budget cuts made since 2017, this is still the best book I know that described what working poor people's lives are like. I haven't been poor for some time, but I haven't forgotten the desperate work schedules, the beat up car that is a necessity one ...