{"product_id":"american-dream-three-women-ten-kids-and-a-nations-drive-to-end-welfare-9780143034377","title":"American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare","description":"In this definitive work, two-time Pulitzer finalist Jason DeParle, author of \u003ci\u003eA Good Provider Is One Who Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e, cuts between the mean streets of Milwaukee and the corridors of Washington to produce a masterpiece of literary journalism. At the heart of the story are three cousins whose different lives follow similar trajectories. Leaving welfare, Angie puts her heart in her work. Jewell bets on an imprisoned man. Opal guards a tragic secret that threatens her kids and her life. DeParle traces their family history back six generations to slavery and weaves poor people, politicians, reformers, and rogues into a spellbinding epic.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a vivid sense of humanity, DeParle demonstrates that although we live in a country where anyone can make it, generation after generation some families don't. To read American Dream is to understand why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143034377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.52w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2005 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jason Deparle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51844056580277,"sku":"9780143034377","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6df3d99b-6f69-4de9-bcab-412a85f0cf1e.jpg?v=1759849035","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/american-dream-three-women-ten-kids-and-a-nations-drive-to-end-welfare-9780143034377","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}