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MAY 1, 2005
Childers’s very specific portrait of a time and place makes for a valuable piece of social history, as well as a potent... Full review >
JAN. 1, 2010
Important, encouraging reporting. Full review >
MAY 8, 2001
Sharp, empathetic, astute, Ehrenreich speaks loudly and eloquently for a group of workers who are often too tired and too... Full review >
MAY 6, 2003
A memoir as elemental as its subject: pulsing, fetching, leaving a strong afterglow. (20 photos) Full review >
MARCH 1, 2004
Powerful stuff, grievously well rendered: Bartlett seems to be a remarkable survivor. Full review >
SEPT. 1, 2007
The many fragmented individual stories tend to blur together, but the message comes through loud and clear. Full review >
NOV. 1, 2008
A useful counter against those who blame the poor for their bad luck. Full review >
JUNE 8, 2010
A wildly frustrating and timely book appropriate for most readers. Full review >
FEB. 6, 2004
A sobering work of investigation, as incisive—and necessary—as kindred reports by Michael Harrington, Jacob Riis, and... Full review >
FEB. 5, 2008
Sullivan’s bracing, pared-to-the-bone prose evokes compassion by being impressively free of the narcissistic self-worship... Full review >
MARCH 1, 2007
Snapshots of people no one wants to think about, written with great candor by someone unafraid to reveal his own fears and... Full review >
APRIL 1, 2005
A pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps, thoroughly American story. Full review >
SEPT. 1, 2008
A gritty portrait of hard-pressed people moving through some of the least attractive real estate in America. Full review >
SEPT. 1, 2007
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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