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WELFARE BRATChilders’s very specific portrait of a time and place makes for a valuable piece of social history, as well as a potent... Full review >
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THE MORAL UNDERGROUNDby Lisa Dodson
Important, encouraging reporting. Full review >
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NICKEL AND DIMEDSharp, empathetic, astute, Ehrenreich speaks loudly and eloquently for a group of workers who are often too tired and too... Full review >
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BEAUTY BEFORE COMFORTA memoir as elemental as its subject: pulsing, fetching, leaving a strong afterglow. (20 photos) Full review >
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LIFE ON THE OUTSIDEPowerful stuff, grievously well rendered: Bartlett seems to be a remarkable survivor. Full review >
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THE MISSING CLASSby Katherine S. Newman and Victor Ten Chen
The many fragmented individual stories tend to blur together, but the message comes through loud and clear. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >HISTORY
A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF POVERTY IN AMERICAA useful counter against those who blame the poor for their bad luck. Full review >
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BROKE, USAby Gary Rivlin
A wildly frustrating and timely book appropriate for most readers. Full review >
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THE WORKING POORA sobering work of investigation, as incisive—and necessary—as kindred reports by Michael Harrington, Jacob Riis, and... Full review >
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THE SKY ISN’T VISIBLE FROM HERESullivan’s bracing, pared-to-the-bone prose evokes compassion by being impressively free of the narcissistic self-worship... Full review >
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POOR PEOPLESnapshots of people no one wants to think about, written with great candor by someone unafraid to reveal his own fears and... Full review >
FULL REVIEW >NONFICTION
THE GLASS CASTLEA pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps, thoroughly American story. Full review >
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TRAVELING LIGHTby Kath Weston
A gritty portrait of hard-pressed people moving through some of the least attractive real estate in America. Full review >
FULL REVIEW >TEENS & YOUNG ADULT
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIANby Sherman Alexie & illustrated by Ellen Forney
Junior’s keen cartoons sprinkle the pages as his fluid narration deftly mingles raw feeling with funny, sardonic insight. Full review >
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