num_pages: 352
description: A riveting account of a year in the life of a young homeless single mother her quest to find stability and shelter in New York Cityand the journalist who got too close while telling her story.More than forty-five million Americans attempt to survive under the poverty line day by day. Nearly 60000 people sleep in New York City-run shelters every nightforty percent of them children. This Is All I Got makes this issue deeply personal vividly depicting one woman's hope and despair and her steadfast determination to improve her situation despite the myriad setbacks she encounters. Camila is a twenty-two-year-old new mother. She has no family to rely on no partner and no home. Despite her intelligence and determination the odds are firmly stacked against her. Award-winning journalist Lauren Sandler tells the story of a year in Camila's lifefrom the birth of her son to his first birthdayas she navigates the labyrinth of poverty and homelessness in America. As Camila attempts to secure a college education and a safe place to raise her son she copes with dashed dreams failed relationships and miles of red tape with grit grace and resilience.This Is All I Got is a dramatic story of survival and powerful indictment of a broken system but it is also a revealing and candid depiction of the relationship between an embedded reporter and her subject and the tricky boundaries to navigate when it's impossible to remain a dispassionate observer.
language: English
title: This Is All I Got
publisher: Random House