Started: 3/22/2020
Completed: 3/25/2020
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
In the beginning of this book, the authors mention their friend Wes Moore (The Other Wes Moore) and I know that this book is going to be similar to others I have read on poverty in America. It is heartbreaking to read these books and shocking how clearly the issue of a single mistake by a poor family simply crushes the whole family.
It seems like the authors have unwittingly used Bernie Sanders stump speech numbers and woven them into the life stories of people the authors knew. This brings the statistics to life and serves as a single point of validation. It makes the numbers more believable and easier to remember. The policy proposals are more modest than what Bernie has proposed, but that does not invalidate them as a stepping stone to a better America.
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