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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-     Subjects     Poor -- United States -- Social conditions.     Working class -- United States -- Social conditions.     United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-     United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-       by title:      Tightrope : American...       by call number:      LP 305.5620973 K929t     Search the Web     Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-     Poor -- United States -- Social conditions.     Working class -- United States -- Social conditions.     United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-     United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-       MARC Display

Tightrope : Americans reaching for hope / Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. by Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959- Random House Large Print, 2020. Call #: LP 305.5620973 K929t Subjects Poor -- United States -- Social conditions.   Working class -- United States -- Social conditions.   United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-   United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009- ISBN:  9780593171714 0593171713 Edition:  1st large print ed. Description:  x, 510 p. (large print) : ill. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-478) and index. Summary:  With stark poignancy and political dispassion, Tightrope draws us deep into an "other America." The authors tell this story, in part, through the lives of some of the children with whom Kristof grew up, in rural Yamhill, Oregon, an area that prospered for much of the twentieth century but has been devastated in the last few decades as blue-collar jobs disappeared. About one-quarter of the children on Kristof's old school bus died in adulthood from drugs, alcohol, suicide, or reckless accidents. And while these particular stories unfolded in one corner of the country, they are representative of many places the authors write about, ranging from the Dakotas and Oklahoma to New York and Virginia. But here too are stories about resurgence, among them: Annette Dove, who has devoted her life to helping the teenagers of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as they navigate the chaotic reality of growing up poor; Daniel McDowell, of Baltimore, whose tale of opioid addiction and recovery suggests that there are viable ways to solve our nation's drug epidemic. Taken together, these accounts provide a picture of working-class families needlessly but profoundly damaged as a result of decades of policy mistakes. With their superb, nuanced reportage, Kristof and WuDunn have given us a book that is both riveting and impossible to ignore. Other authors:  WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 305.5620973 K929t Adult books Checked out Jul 15, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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