Meg B. (nuttmeg) reviewed on 1/7/2006 + 29 more book reviews

While Barabar E was never REALLY in danger of becoming homeless (she could always go back to her "real" life), this book can open ones eyes to how hard it can be to survive if you are not born into money or have a way to "pull yourself up by the bootstraps". NOT everyone can do this-no matter how many times you hear that with hard work and perseverance you'll get ahead. NOT always true, and is becoming less and less true all the time. In a country where housing is not guarenteed you (unlike other countries) and one must pay for your health care, sometimes to the tune of millions of dollars (certainly thousands)it is important that more of us understand that the playing feild is not level here, no matter what we want to believe.

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