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Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America Audiobook
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From the author of the eye-opening and controversial essay on poverty that was read by millions comes the real-life Nickel and Dimed, as Linda Tirado explains what it’s like to be working poor in America, and why poor people make the decisions they do.
We in America have certain ideas of what it means to be poor. Linda Tirado, in her signature brutally honest yet personable voice, takes all of these preconceived notions and smashes them to bits. She articulates not only what it is to be working poor in America (yes, you can be poor and live in a house and have a job, even two), but what poverty is truly like—on all levels.
In her thought-provoking voice, Tirado discusses how she went from lower-middle class, to sometimes middle class, to poor and everything in between, and in doing so reveals why “poor people don’t always behave the way middle-class America thinks they should.”
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“As someone who has lived in thetrenches of desperation, Tirado explains that being poor is difficult not justin attempting to scrape by but also in processing the cultural perception andresultant condescension and degradation from unsympathetic onlookers…Tirado’sraw reportage offers solidarity for those on the front lines of hardship yetissues a cautionary forewarning to the critical: ‘Poverty is a potentialoutcome for all of us.’ Outspoken and vindictive, Tirado embodies the cyclicalvortex of today’s struggle to survive.”
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“Must-read…powerful.”
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“[A] whip-smart woman’s firsthand account of what it looks and smells and tastes and feels like to be living in poverty…brilliant and to the point. You won’t soon forget her voice or her message.”
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“Funny, sarcastic, full of expletives, and most of all outrageously honest…Tirado has a way with words that’s somehow both breezy and blunt.”
— BusinessWeek -
“The woman who accidentally explained poverty to the nation.”
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“In Hand to Mouth, [Tirado] uses her piercing insight, coupled with a confessional but unrepentant voice, to open a nuanced and deeply unsettling window into poverty in the United States.”
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“Gripping…Articulate, insightful, and saturated with life experience, Tirado’s story is not unlike millions of others in America, but her strong voice has the opportunity to bring that story to new ears.”
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“Tirado tells it like it is…Enthralling and horrifying, this should be required reading for policymakers.”
— Booklist (starred review) -
“Devastatingly smart and funny, so consistently entertaining and unflinchingly on target…Tirado is the real thing.”
— Barbara Ehrenreich, bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed
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A New York Times Editor’s Choice
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About Linda Tirado
Linda Tirado is a completely average American with two kids. She has worked as a general manager at a Burger King and until just recently worked as a night cook at Ihop and as a voting rights activist for a disability nonprofit. She also writes essays on poverty and class issues. She lives in Enoch, Utah, with her husband and children. Hand to Mouth is her first book.