Criminal of Poverty: Growing Up Homeless in America
Tiny Aka Lisa Gray-Garcia$21.25
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 02/01/2007
ISBN: 9781931404075
Pages: 287
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.80w x 0.72d
Review Citations: Multicultural Review 06/01/2007 pg. 61
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 155