ewee (12/26): Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America, by Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol's Savage Inequalities was required reading in some class I took, somewhere. Or it wasn't my class, but it was a roommate's required reading. Anyway, Rachel and Her Children is much along the same vein, but his focus is on the condition of homeless families in the US.

Kozol writes clearly, compellingly, and convincingly. Even a decade after the book was written, his message is no less (if not more) vital than ever. (Especially in light of all the anti-poor and anti-homeless legislation that's been passed in my beautiful city by the bay.) As we seem to be moving toward a less humanitarian and less tolerant society, Kozol is an eloquent voice advocating for compassion and change.

Eh, so to sum up...Unputdownable. Read it with a pen in hand, there's much to be highlighted and mused over. Need something to do after you read it? Check out the Coalition on Homelessness, SF.