Across the political spectrum, unwed fatherhood is denounced as one of the leading social problems of today. Doing the Best I Can is a strikingly rich, paradigm-shifting look at fatherhood among inner
Examines the shifting paradigm of unmarried fatherhood in inner cities in the United States, citing how economic and cultural changes have transformed the meaning of fatherhood among the urban poor.
A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don’t think it existsJessica Compton’s family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a we
This book tells the story of how an ambitious—and risky—social experiment affected the lives of the people it was ultimately intended to benefit: the residents who had suffered through the
A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don’t think it existsJessica Compton’s family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her
