Review: A closer look at poverty
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2013
This novel is the perfect example of beating the odds. With a systematic look at poverty told by a narrator who has lived it, readers get a bird's eye view into what poverty is, why it's hard to escape, and why children are the carriers of the next generation of the poor.As sad as the facts are, the narrator does share his personal story of how he escaped the fate "the system" would have set for him and how making the decision as a child to not live that way became his starting point to escaping poverty.Everything Will Be Alright explores the society's outlook and so-called solutions for poverty. Told from the point of view that needs to be heard the most (those living or who have lived in poverty), readers get a in-depth look at what it truly means to be poor and the stigmas that those experiencing it are likely to face for the remainder of their lives.