Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.50820973
EAN num: 9780966479508
ISBN number: 0966479505
Label: Pine Canyon Pr
Manufacturer: Pine Canyon Pr
Printing Date: 1998-09
Publishing house: Pine Canyon Pr
Sale Popularity Level: 7314741
Studio: Pine Canyon Pr
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This book by Loris Hanson Sheets offers an honest and powerful look at the lives of current or previously homeless women. The intimate portrayal of these women makes them more human than mere nameless faces seen on the streets. This book provokes an emotional response or felt kinship with each of these women. For me, this book brought many things into perspective, including the realization that one of these women could be my daughter, mother, sister, friend, or even me. Somewhere in life, obstacles, barriers, or life circumstance were presented to these women in which many never recovered from.
This book offered me the chance to reflect and think about my own interactions with the homeless population. Realizing that I myself had often times ignored the homeless on the streets, adding to their feelings of alienation and isolation when a simple "hello" or "good morning" might of made a difference
It is my hope that more people will read this book and do more to help homeless women, men and children. Take a chance and be kind and giving, or atleast understanding when you subsequent encounter a homeless person.
This book would make a great addition to a seminar or sociology class which deals with social issues.
I highly recommend this book!
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