Overview

For most of us, homelessness is unimaginable. We take for granted that we'll be able to meet our daily needs of safety, food, shelter, and companionship without facing incredible obstacles. But every day, thousands of people awake in every region of the world and build their lives despite the challenges of living without shelter or a regular address. Gus Beatty, shortly before he died from another overdose, told me to write this book. Gus Beatty ended every sentence with bottom line, not for nuttin . Ritchie he said to me a week before he died from another overdose, You see so much on these streets - you do it differently, you gotta tell the stories and about the love - bottom line, not for nuttin . The work is about J-O-E who passed around her newborn to anyone in the soup kitchen who wanted to hold the child, wanting him to get used to strangers, just in case . She died in the streets, hit by a car. About Pit Bull, the three hundred pounds shaved-headed hood who risked his life taking charge at the scene of an accident. About my psychotic friend who picketed the restaurant with the sign RAT FECES FOUND IN LEO'S FOOD . About the three old man -Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod - who held on to the streets for dear life and sailed off in a wooden shoe . And others. A street social worker writes.

Full Product Details

9798527072112

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Countries Available