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The Girls Guide To Homelessness (2000)

by Brianna Karp(Favorite Author)

3.19 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: This book didn't have the highest of stars....but i thought I'd try it anyways. I thought it was pretty good until about 3/4 of the way through. Then it was "poor me, poor me" and she definitely played the "homeless" part up too much. You have a car, a truck, a camper...a laptop & a cell phone...unemployment benefits coming in, tv appearances....That's more income & stability then an awful lot of people who are truly homeless & starving. Shut up already. It got sickening toward the end & I just wanted to finish the book & get it over with. If you want to read the same crybaby self pity over & over then read this, if not... I wouldn't recommend bothering with it.
review 2: Reading Brianna Karp’s memoir of losing her job, home, and family reminded me in many wa... moreys of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. Except instead of embarking on a months-long solo hike, as Strayed did, Karp faces the challenges of living in a trailer in a Walmart parking lot. With no water or electricity. Frustration at Brianna’s “unwise” choices (surrounding her involvement with a fellow homeless gent) is always followed by a heart-wrenching family story that would have left me a gelatinous snot blob.Most compelling are Karp’s explorations of her own potential racism, degree of homelessness, family history, as well as the right of the homeless to experience joy. Raised a Jehovah’s Witness, Karp is very conscience of the programming that influences her behavior, often times against her will. Readers who enjoyed Jeannette Wall’s The Glass Castle, David Pelzer’s A Child Called It, and Rick Bragg’s All Over But the Shoutin’ will appreciate Karp’s triumph over adversity. less

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