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Growing Up Homeless in America
City Lights Publishers
November 2006
On Sale: November 1, 2006
287 pages
ISBN: 1931404070
EAN: 9781931404075
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Eleven-year-old Lisa becomes her mother's primary support
when they face the prospect of homelessness. As Dee, a
single mother, struggles with the demons of her own
childhood of neglect and abuse, Lisa has to quickly assume
the role of an adult in an attempt to keep some stability in
their lives. "Dee and Tiny" ultimately become underground
celebrities in San Francisco, squatting in storefronts and
performing the "art of homelessness." Their story, filled
with black humor and incisive analysis, illuminates the
roots of poverty, the criminalization of poor families, and
their struggle for survival.
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