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A review by karnaconverse
Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless with Kids in America by Michelle Kennedy
3.0
An eye-opening read about one mother’s journey into, through, and out of homelessness.
Michelle Kennedy writes honestly about how the choices she made as an 18-year-old college freshman led to a summer, six years and three children later, living out of a car. Kennedy admits she’s no expert – didn’t live in a cardboard box or homeless shelter, never had to deal with the dangers of drugs or drive-by shootings or a cold winter—but she was at “the bottom of the bottom.” She knew what it was like to live paycheck to paycheck; to search for a job that covered babysitting expenses; to apply for, and be denied, Food Stamps and Section 8 housing; and count every dollar in an effort to collect enough for a one-bedroom apartment’s security deposit and first and last month’s rent.
Readers will shake their heads at some of her decisions, but will be cheering for her to succeed (and she does) before they reach page 50.
Michelle Kennedy writes honestly about how the choices she made as an 18-year-old college freshman led to a summer, six years and three children later, living out of a car. Kennedy admits she’s no expert – didn’t live in a cardboard box or homeless shelter, never had to deal with the dangers of drugs or drive-by shootings or a cold winter—but she was at “the bottom of the bottom.” She knew what it was like to live paycheck to paycheck; to search for a job that covered babysitting expenses; to apply for, and be denied, Food Stamps and Section 8 housing; and count every dollar in an effort to collect enough for a one-bedroom apartment’s security deposit and first and last month’s rent.
Readers will shake their heads at some of her decisions, but will be cheering for her to succeed (and she does) before they reach page 50.