num_pages: 222
description: Tens of thousands of homeless people walk the streets, forgotten, yet each with their own story to tell. Marie James, a 69-year-old bag lady, and a frequent guest at an inner-city mission in Chicago, sat with Jane Hertenstein through the summer of 1995 and recorded this shocking and moving story of life filled with sorrow, loss, mental instability, and hope. Her memoir will break one's heart, yet encourage and inspire.-- "Harrowing inside view of homelessness", -- Publishers Weekly, August 11, 1997
language: English
title: Orphan Girl: The Memoir of a Chicago Bag Lady
titlecomplete: Orphan Girl: The Memoir of a Chicago Bag Lady
genres: Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 45
publisher: Cornerstone Pr Chicago