Description
Book SynopsisThe Man in the Dog Park offers the reader a rare window into homeless life.
Spurred by a personal relationship with a homeless man who became her co-author, Cathy A. Small takes a compelling look at what it means and what it takes to be homeless. Interviews and encounters with dozens of homeless people lead us into a world that most have never seen. We travel as an intimate observer into the places that many homeless frequent, including a community shelter, a day labor agency, a panhandling corner, a pawn shop, and a HUD housing office.
Through these personal stories, we witness the obstacles that homeless people face, and the ingenuity it takes to negotiate life without a home. The Man in the Dog Park points to the ways that our own cultural assumptions and blind spots are complicit in US homelessness and contribute to the degree of suffering that homeless people face. At the same time, Small, Kordosky and Moore show us how our own sen
Trade Review
The strength of this book is that Small takes readers with her on her journey of discovery about homelessness. This book is a wonderful introduction to the study of homelessness.
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Table of Contents1. The Beginning
2. The Road to Homelessness
3. The Stigma of Being Homeless
4. A Sheltered. Homeless Day
5. On the Street
6. Making Money
7. Navigating the Bereaucracy
8. Home at Last
9. Blind and Delusional
