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91/100Author:
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Publisher:
Knopf
Date:
January 14, 2020
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Half the Sky now issue a plea, told through the lives of real Americans, to address the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions to mend a half-century of governmental failure.
What The Reviewers Say
Moving from the micro to the macro, [the authors] tell the stories of their Yamhill friends and others they’ve met across the country, sharing their photos as well as studies and figures that deepen readers’ understanding. While they cover policy failures of the last half-century, they also affirm that we’re no longer dealing in Republican or Democratic issues, but issues of Americans’ very survival. Highlighting successful small-scale programs like Tulsa’s rehabilitative Women in Recovery program, they emphasize that there are potentially nationwide solutions. Both researched and personal, this will be hard for readers to stop thinking about..
The authors’ affection for Yamhill is the heartbeat of the book.
The stories they present are mostly depressing ones.
[Kristof] and WuDunn write about [Yamhill's] residents—many of whom are their friends—with affection and empathy.
