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26/100Critics
81/100Scholars
Author:
Alissa Quart
Publisher:
Ecco
Date:
March 14, 2023
To 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps' is central to the story of the American dream and yet today leaves us with shame and self-blame for our condition. Here is how to become free of self-defeating narratives.
What The Reviewers Say
In a wide-ranging 230 pages, Quart challenges our nation’s obsession with self-reliance.
Quart picks at the threads of the American dream to reveal a richer tapestry.
Against these harsh realities, which she reports on cogently and without rancor, Quart proposes a more meaningful safety net of cooperative work and mutual aid.
