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This title in other editionsBreadline USA: The Hidden Scandal of American Hunger and How to Fix Itby Sasha Abramsky
Synopses & ReviewsReview:"Journalist Abramsky (Hard Times Blues) combines an account of his own seven-week experiment in living on a poverty budget with moving vignettes of men and women who have fallen through society's frayed safety net and are suffering from 'food insecurity.' Tens of millions of Americans live in 'a continual state of anxiety'; to malnutrition is added the further suffering of shame and despair. Focusing on communities in Western states, the author uncovers the tragedy of the collapse of the middle class. Unionized industrial giants like General Motors have fallen on hard times and global economic restructuring has had a devastating impact on many workers, often stripping them of benefits accumulated over decades. Although providing a vivid glimpse into the world of food banks and soup kitchens, the book, which reads like a series of newspaper articles, offers few suggestions for solving the problem aside from challenging political leaders to make corrections to a system gone tragically awry. (June)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Book News Annotation:Freelance journalist Abramsky reports on experiences of food
insecurity in the United States, interspersing his discussion of how
hunger impacts the lives of the economically insecure in different
community settings and economic niches with accounts of his own
efforts to live on the same food budget as his subjects. Throughout,
he also points to programs and policies that could target the
economic insecurities he details so that Americans don't have to
choose between, for example, getting to work and feeding their
children.
Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Trapped in a triangle of the housing market collapse, rising energy costs, and an increasingly dysfunctional healthcare system, America's working poor are now battling an even more formidable enemy: hunger. This time, the battle is taking place well outside of the media spotlight, which has focused on obesity, another food-related epidemic affecting the poor. Breadline USA tells the stories of Americans in all types of communities who struggle to put any type of food on the table come the end of the month when money runs out and the social safety net isnt there to catch them. About the AuthorSasha Abramsky is the author of Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to the White House, and has reported on U.S. prisons for Human Rights Watch. He lives in Sacramento, California. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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