We discussed how the rich came to win the War on Poverty and what’s necessary to end poverty. His previous book- Evicted, about the low-income rental market in Milwaukee-won a Pulitzer Prize. He also demonstrates how America’s safety-net programs are not just too stingy but poorly designed.ĭesmond is a professor at Princeton. Desmond shows how the country’s employers, financial institutions, and landlords extract money from low-income families while rich families hoard opportunity for themselves. The best seller is at once a careful exploration of poverty statistics a deeply reported depiction of the lived experiences of the poor an examination of the ways America’s wealthy exploit the masses and a case for ending poverty.
This is the thesis of the lauded sociologist Matthew Desmond’s new book, Poverty, by America. The Outrun is a beautiful, inspiring book about living on the edge, about the pull between island and city, and about the ability of the sea, the land, the wind, and the moon to restore life and renew hope.Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it. Spending early mornings swimming in the bracingly cold sea, the days tracking Orkney’s wildlife–puffins nesting on sea stacks, arctic terns swooping close enough to feel their wings–and nights searching the sky for the Merry Dancers, Amy slowly makes the journey toward recovery from addiction. Now thirty, she finds herself washed up back home on Orkney, standing unstable at the cliff edge, trying to come to terms with what happened to her in London. Unable to control her drinking, alcohol gradually took over. She moved to London and found herself in a hedonistic cycle. But as she grew up, she longed to leave this remote life. Amy was shaped by the cycle of the seasons, birth and death on the farm, and her father’s mental illness, which were as much a part of her childhood as the wild, carefree existence on Orkney.
Approaching the land that was once home, memories of her childhood merge with the recent events that have set her on this journey. When Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the Outrun on the sheep farm where she grew up. You can read this before The Outrun PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Outrun written by Amy Liptrot which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: The Outrun by Amy Liptrot
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