A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A remarkable book that could very well change the way we think about poverty in the United States. -- Los Angeles Times.
An] important and heart-rending book, in the tradition of Michael Harrington\'s The Other America. . .
Harrowing . $2.00 a Day delivers new evidence and new ideas to our national debate on income inequality.
Where do these families live? How did they get so desperately poor? Through this book\'s eye-opening analysis and many compelling profiles, moving and startling answers emerge.
Edin teamed with Luke Shaefer, an expert on calculating incomes of the poor, to discover that the number of American families Living on $2.00 per person, per day, has skyrocketed to one and a half million households, including about three million children.
After two decades of brilliant research on American poverty, Kathryn Edin noticed something she hadn\'t seen before -- households surviving on virtually no cash income.
Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter, Brianna, in Chicago, often have no food but spoiled milk on weekends. -- American Prospect Jessica Compton\'s family of four would have no income if she didn\'t donate plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee.
The stories will make you angry and break your heart. . .
It is an explosive book .
Presents a deeply moving human face that brings the stunning numbers to life. . . -- New York Times Book Review Powerful .
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A remarkable book that could very well change the way we think about poverty in the United States
