Hand to Mouth: The Truth About Being Poor in a Wealthy World
Linda Tirado
Oct 2014 · Hachette UK
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Linda Tirado knows from experience what it is to be poor, to struggle to make ends meet. She has worked all hours as a food service worker in a chain restaurant to support her young family. She knows what it's like to have problems you wish you could fix, but no money, energy or resources to fix them, and no hope of getting any.
In 2013, an essay on the everyday realities of poverty that Tirado wrote and posted online was read and shared around the world. In Hand to Mouth, she gives a searing, witty and clear-eyed insider account of being poor in the world's richest nation. She looks at how ordinary people fall or are born into the poverty trap, explains why the poor don't always behave in the way the middle classes think they should, and makes an urgent call for us all to understand and meet the challenges they face.
In 2013, an essay on the everyday realities of poverty that Tirado wrote and posted online was read and shared around the world. In Hand to Mouth, she gives a searing, witty and clear-eyed insider account of being poor in the world's richest nation. She looks at how ordinary people fall or are born into the poverty trap, explains why the poor don't always behave in the way the middle classes think they should, and makes an urgent call for us all to understand and meet the challenges they face.
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Christine Baggs
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August 9, 2015
I found this book incredibly interesting but it also made me really sad that people are that judgemental and horrible to other people. Everyone is equal! It made me want to donate more to local charities and be even nicer to customer service people. It also made me realise that I'm considered 'rich' and have so much to give.
Rhiannon Rees
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March 29, 2015
Like an American Jack Monroe, this shows us poverty issues that u was already aware of but enlightening on how much worse they are in America. Very well written.
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Ellie Bennett
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February 5, 2020
Depressing but hilarious
About the author
Linda Tirado is married with two children and lives in Washington DC. Until 2014, she worked as a food service worker in a chain restaurant. She blogs, writes and campaigns on poverty and class issues. Since her online essay 'Why I Make Terrible Decisions' went viral around the world in autumn 2013, she has received speaking and commentary requests from numerous media outlets and institutions. Hand to Mouth is her first book.
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