Cover of Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women

Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women

"One of the very best things ever written about homeless people in the nation."—Jonathan Kozol.

Subject
sociology
Themes
povertysocial justicefeminism
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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