Linda Tirado was a completely average American with two kids and, until her essay “Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, Poverty Thoughts” was picked up by The Huffington Post, The Nation, and countless other publications. Since then, the story has been read by more than six million people. Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America is her first book.
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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, and Linda Tirado explains what it’s like to be working poor in America, and why poor people make the decisions they... SEE MORE